Everest College

Let Everest College help you prepare for a life-changing career. With the Easy Start program, a personal admissions representative can get to know you and guide you through your career goals, educational options and even help you enroll in a program—all in a few easy steps. Everest College offers:

Easy Enrollment

Our representatives will help you through each step of the enrollment process.

Financial Aid for Those Who Qualify

Many of our students qualify for financial aid. And our Financial Aid office will walk you through the application process.

Flexible Class Schedules

Our programs are designed for working adults. We offer day and evening classes structured to work around your schedule, not ours.

Small Class Sizes

You won't get lost in the crowd. Our class sizes are small, so you can get the personalized attention you deserve.

Career Placement Assistance

Our Career Services office will even assist you in your job search upon graduation.

Criminal Justice - Associate's

Would you like to help enforce the law? The Criminal Justice program provides you with the skills necessary to maintain law and order, protect life and property and conduct administration, planning and research services. It is designed to prepare you for a career in corrections, criminology, forensic sciences, law enforcement, immigration and security administration.

You will gain excellent communicative, critical-thinking, research and organizational skills in the specialized areas of this curriculum, providing you with the foundation required to build a successful career in this field. The Criminal Justice program includes instruction on the following:

• Introduction to criminal justice
• Criminal investigation
• Police procedures
• Criminal evidence
• Criminal procedure
• Criminology
• Introduction to corrections
• Juvenile delinquency
• Criminal justice report writing
• Computer applications

The curriculum offers a balance of theory and application that will provide you with a well-rounded background. An optional office internship is available, giving you the opportunity to apply the principles and practices learned in the classroom to a work environment.

The program includes a comprehensive study of the national criminal justice system, correctional organizations and law enforcement agencies. You will learn the nature and extent of crime and delinquency and the cause and explanation of criminal behavior. Rules of evidence, basic investigative techniques and the philosophy of criminal law are additional areas of study. Some career opportunities include:

• Corrections officer
• Security officer

Accreditation Information