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CIP PROGRAM: 43.0402
Criminalistics and Criminal Science.

Summary: A program that focuses on the application of clinical and criminal laboratory science, investigative techniques, and criminology to the reconstruction of crimes and the analysis of physical evidence. Includes instruction in laboratory science, laboratory procedures, criminology and police science, evidentiary testing and analysis, computer applications, record-keeping, reconstruction techniques, evidence handling and storage, and applications to specific types of evidence and crimes.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2021 12 361 48
2022 15 361 54
2023 9 362 55
2024 6 401 73
Change -50.00% +11.08% +52.08%

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Institutions granting degrees in Criminalistics and Criminal Science.