Advance Your Career by Earning a Degree Online from Utica College
Utica College offers a broad range of opportunities to grow personally and intellectually, helping you to build a strong foundation for success in your professional life. Our regionally accredited online programs will help you gain the credentials you need to become a more valuable asset to any organization.
Our criminal justice and economic crime programs are built on a rich history and tradition of excellence in education. We offer small, fully online classes taught by highly experienced, credentialed faculty whose accomplishments are renowned throughout their respective industries.
A Nationally Recognized University
Utica College was ranked one of the top colleges in the north and among the top "Best Values" among comprehensive colleges in the northeastern U.S. by US News & World Report.
Regional Accreditation means Quality
Utica College is regionally accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools*, and chartered by the Regents of The University of the State of New York, which means you can be assured of the high quality of your education.
About Utica College
Located in the heart of Central New York, Utica College is a comprehensive, independent, private institution.
Utica College offers regionally accredited online Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degree programs in Health Care, Business Management, and Economic Crime Prevention.
*MSCHE, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (267)284–5000
BS in Cybersecurity (Online)
Utica College is one of few colleges in the United States offering a fully online Cybersecurity degree program at the undergraduate level. Choose from two in-demand specializations: Cybercrime Investigations and Forensics or Information Assurance.
BS in Cybersecurity - Cybercrime Investigations and Forensics (Online)
Our online concentration in Cybercrime Investigations and Forensics will train you in the latest techniques used to accumulate data and evidence to be used in prosecuting cybercrimes such as credit card fraud, intellectual property theft, pedophilia, terrorism, hacking, etc.
BS in Cybersecurity - Information Assurance (Online)
Our online concentration in Information Assurance will prepare you to understand the range of vulnerabilities and threats that affect corporate and government computer networks, and prepare you for a career safeguarding the vital information of businesses and society.
BS in Economic Crime Investigation (Online)
Utica College's Economic Crime Investigation online bachelor's degree focuses on Financial Investigations by combining a wide spectrum of Criminal Justice, Economic Crime, Sociology, and other courses to provide enhanced skills in understanding and investigating the evolving problems of fraud and economic crimes.
Executive Master in Economic Crime Management (Online)
The only graduate level program of its kind in the Americas, Utica's Online Executive Master in Economic Crime Management provides executive-level education to Economic Crime Prevention professionals who desire to advance their capabilities in managing corporate and advanced technological resources devoted to combating economic crime. The Economic Crime Management program combines the areas of management, technology, and analytical skills with a high-level knowledge and understanding of economic crime from a global perspective.
MBA in Fraud Management (Online)
This exciting program takes traditional business core courses and adds a distinct focus on fraud investigation, fraud prevention and financial investigation. Our curriculum provides you with the academic qualifications to take the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) comprehensive examinations required to become a Certified Fraud Examiner.
MS in Criminal Justice Administration (Online)
This challenging program will provide you with the tools to move up the ranks in the changing and challenging criminal justice field. While intended primarily for working professionals seeking to further their careers with advance knowledge of the criminal justice process, the online MS in Criminal Justice Administration also features a Homeland Security and Emergency Management elective sequence that serves the needs of both a variety of criminal justice practitioners as well as individuals with bachelor's degrees looking to build upon their credentials to enter the field. The program offers two specializations.
- Homeland Security and Emergency Management: Proactively protect people, organizations, and your country by learning methods of assessing, mitigating, and preventing attacks and disasters. Students will be trained in key elements of FEMA's National Incident Management System (NIMS), as well as the Incident Command System (ICS). Unit coursework covers topics that help students develop a base level of knowledge that is important to local and federal emergency management operations.
- Planning and Leadership: Learn the critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to move into supervisory roles. Develop the global perspective of a leader by studying human relations and social conflict, professionalism and ethics, and the application of technology to criminal justice practices.
MS in Cybersecurity (Online)
Attacks on computer systems cost corporations millions of dollars per day and threaten our national security. Statistics show that such crimes--including cyber espionage, cyber terrorism, and computer fraud--are on the rise. A leader in economic crime programs for over 20 years, Utica has designed the online MS in Cybersecurity - Intelligence and the online MS in Cybersecurity - Computer Forensics in response to a need for professionals trained in increasingly advanced technology and ever-changing attack and infiltration techniques. This unique program offers state-of-the-art practices and hands-on experience in cyber intelligence, cyber investigation, and critical infrastructures.
The master's program offers two specializations targeted to different interests within this growing field.
MS in Cybersecurity - Computer Forensics (Online)
Designed for students interested in collecting, securing, and preparing evidence of computer crimes, the curriculum emphasizes a comprehensive understanding of forensic tools and methods to investigate and analyze network-related incidents and illegal use of digital devices.
MS in Cybersecurity - Intelligence (Online)
Designed for professionals interested in cyber intelligence and counterintelligence, cyber counterterrorism, and cyber countersabotage, the curriculum covers analysis of global and national cybersecurity policies, the study and protection of critical infrastructures, as well as operations involving cyber threats and defense.