Crime scene investigator degree

Key Infor­ma­tion:

• Ohio State Uni­ver­si­ty is our #1 CSI degree pro­gram.

  George Wash­ing­ton Uni­ver­si­ty comes in at #2.

• Demand for foren­sic inves­ti­ga­tions pro­fes­sion­als is ris­ing, with a pro­ject­ed 14% job increase in the next decade.
• Foren­sic sci­ence edu­ca­tion empha­sizes hard sci­ence and prac­ti­cal skills to meet indus­try demands and tech­no­log­i­cal advancements.

A bachelor’s degree in crime scene inves­ti­ga­tion opens the door to a reward­ing and in-demand pro­fes­sion.

There are many jobs with­in the CSI career field, from work­ing as a CSI tech­ni­cian to being the direc­tor of the crim­i­nal inves­ti­ga­tion department. 

This arti­cle was orig­i­nal­ly pub­lished in June 2022 and last updat­ed in Jan­u­ary 2024.

If you have an eye for pho­tog­ra­phy, you may be inter­est­ed in a career as a CSI pho­tog­ra­ph­er, tak­ing pho­tos of crime