National University

I have been in the Criminal Justice field since 1984 working more than twenty years as a federal police officer and now presently a state parole officer. I was able to learn every aspect of Crime Scene Investigation and Forensics from this very intensive and high paced program. You will start a new class every 4 weeks. The material and test are very challenging and rewarding as well. The professors are highly qualified in their special fields (Subject Matter Experts). My professors currently work for the FBI, Homeland Security, San Diego PD, the Secret Service and many more fields and agencies. This program can be completed in about 14 months depending on your thesis topic and approval for research. My thesis was six months long allowing me too graduate with my Masters in 16 months. I would put my National Education against any Brick and Mortor Institution that teaches Forensic Science. I never had one problem with financial Aid and the VA department was very professional. By the way with my GI Bill and Military discount, my classes were only $988.00 per 4.5 quarter hours. This was less than my undergrad degree at another fine institution. The only thing that I disliked was the fact they don't offer any Doctrates Degrees online ....yet. You can't go wrong with this program even if your not a Criminal Justice professional. It is an outstanding program. Very Respected, National University Graduate

I completed my Masters in Forensic Sciences in 2005. While this degree program does not prepare students to "step right in" to a professional position in the Forensic Sciences field, it does a great job in laying a knowledge foundation to pursue specific training in most areas of specialization. The faculty are generally very good and are true experts in their ares of expertise. The classes were ten week when I went, eight weeks now and overlapped. The amount of reading and writing weeded out many students in the front end, and the Thesis writing weeded out many at the very end. (They had no substantive writing experience and did not finish their Thesis). This program is extremely well designed and a phenomenal amount of planning went into it before it went into motion. A really fine school that has improved greatly over the last 20 years.