BS in Criminal Justice — Digital Forensics Concentration

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Overview

A 121-credit Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a Digital Forensics concentration, offered at the Virginia Beach and Newport News campuses and online, combining criminal justice coursework with digital evidence, mobile forensics and cybersecurity courses.

Official program name: Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, Digital Forensics concentration
Awarded degree: Bachelor of Science · major: Criminal Justice
Source: ecpi.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Degree level: Bachelor's
Cybersecurity focus: Cybersecurity concentration — Digital ForensicsA formal cybersecurity concentration, track or specialization inside a broader degree such as computer science or information technology. The awarded degree is the broader one.
Source: ecpi.edu · verified October 11, 2026
School: ECPI University
Location: Virginia Beach, VAFor the online option this is where the school is located — not a residency requirement, and not a guarantee that you may enroll from your state.
Specializations: Digital Forensics — formal concentration / track (“Digital Forensics concentration”)
Required credits: 121 semester credit hours
Source: ecpi.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Duration: minimum of 8 semesters (30 months)A minimum under the stated conditions, not a typical length.
Source: ecpi.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Entry pathway

Not verified whether this degree admits first-year students or only applicants with prior credits.

Transfer credit: OptionalUp to 90 transfer credits
Source: ecpi.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Why this program is listed

Formal Digital Forensics concentration with its own required forensics and cybersecurity courses inside the BS in Criminal Justice.

Named Digital Forensics concentration of 27 credits including Digital Forensic Analysis, Mobile Device Forensics, networking, Principles of Cybersecurity and Advanced Cybersecurity, plus a required Cybercrime Investigations core course.

Source: ecpi.edu · verified October 11, 2026

We list cybersecurity bachelor's, master's and research doctorates at institutionally accredited US schools — dedicated degrees and formal concentrations, never certificates or electives-only degrees. Eligibility rules

Format and attendance

Formats, online delivery, campus visits, internships and class schedule are shown separately, each only as the school states it.

Formats offered: On campus · Online
Source: ecpi.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Online delivery: Online delivery type not verified
Campus visits (online option): Campus visits: not verified
Class schedule (online option): Not verified
Internship: Internship requirement: not verified
Study intensity: Not verified

The program page does not say whether the online option requires campus visits. Ask the school before you apply — missing information is not “no requirement”.

Curriculum

Capstone

CJ Capstone Project in the core.
Source: ecpi.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Admissions

Required, optional, waived and not-required items are shown exactly as the school states them. Anything not listed is not verified — not “not required”.

Transcripts: RequiredOfficial high school transcript or GED scores; personal admissions interview; admissions assessment
Source: catalog.ecpi.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Tests

Entrance and English-language test policy: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate admission chances.

Start dates and deadlines

Dates are shown with the term the school printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

Application deadlines: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Tuition and fees

Each amount keeps its student category, academic year and basis. Per-credit, per-term and whole-program figures are not comparable with each other, and tuition is not the full cost of attendance.

Category	Amount	Basis and year
All students — Criminal Justice, tuition per semesterFrom the school-wide rate table for this level	$8,088	per semesterSource: ecpi.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Other published fees

Technology Fee, all programs except where noted (per semester): $495 per semester
Source: catalog.ecpi.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Scholarships and funding

Awards published by the school for this program or for its level. Loans must be repaid and are not scholarships; service scholarships require government service after graduation. Scholarships & funding guide

Program-specific scholarships: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Accreditation, ABET and CAE

Three different things: the school's institutional accreditation, ABET accreditation of this exact program, and the school's NSA CAE designation.

Institutional accreditation

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) — accreditedSource: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

ABET program accreditation

This program does not appear in ABET's accredited-program database. ABET accreditation is program-specific and optional; the school's other programs or its institutional accreditation do not imply it.

NSA CAE designation (school)

CAE in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) · 2018 - 2028Validated program(s) of study: Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Science with a Major in Cyber and Information Security Technology - Cybersecurity Track (POS-CD)Source: maps.caecommunity.org · verified October 11, 2026

A CAE designation belongs to the institution and its validated program of study; it is not accreditation and does not certify every degree. Accreditation & CAE explained

State authorization (online students)

Not verified — check the school's state authorization page before applying from outside Virginia.

International applicants

Not verified for the online option.

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages and directories below. Last verified October 11, 2026.

catalog.ecpi.edu/admissions-policies/requirements/undergraduate-programs — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
catalog.ecpi.edu/financial-services/tuition-and-fees/technology-fee — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
NCAE-C institution directory (National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity) — Source, verified October 11, 2026
DAPIP — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
ecpi.edu/programs/digital-forensics-bachelor-degree — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
ecpi.edu/tuition — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 11, 2026

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