{"id":21171,"date":"2026-02-25T08:25:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=21171"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:25:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:25:20","slug":"elizabethtown-college-offers-criminal-justice-degree-completion-program-for-pennsylvania-state-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/elizabethtown-college-offers-criminal-justice-degree-completion-program-for-pennsylvania-state-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Offers Criminal Justice Degree Completion Program for Pennsylvania State Police"},"content":{"rendered":"

The online bachelor\u2019s program awards credit for academy training and on-duty experience<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Elizabethtown College\u2019s School of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS) is providing Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Academy graduates with a flexible and affordable pathway to advance careers through a recently launched online <\/span>Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Law Enforcement program.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Through this online program, eligible officers receive 64 transfer credits for their academy training and professional experience, reducing the time and cost needed to earn a degree. <\/span>Enrollment begins May 11.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis program serves to ignite a new era for the Pennsylvania State Police and law enforcement education,\u201d Elizabethtown College Dean of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies Marcy McCarty said. \u201cBy pairing the Pennsylvania State Police\u2019s rigorous training with the academic strength of our School of Graduate and Professional Studies, this program aims to strengthen the leadership and professional skills essential to today\u2019s public safety environment.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Admission into the program requires completion of the PSP Academy and at least one year of full-time law enforcement service with arrest powers. Students can complete their degree by taking core courses, skill-based coursework, and general electives through the flexibility of 100% online coursework offered through Etown SGPS.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This agreement with Elizabethtown College reflects our unwavering commitment to higher education and professional development for our members,” Lieutenant Colonel George Bivens, Acting Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police, said. “By building upon the foundation established through our Academy curriculum and aligning it with the academic eminence of Elizabethtown College’s School of Graduate and Professional Studies, we are expanding access to educational opportunities that enable our Troopers to further their education after the Academy.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Discover more about this degree completion program at Elizabethtown College <\/span>School for Graduate and Professional Studies.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The online bachelor\u2019s program awards credit for academy training and on-duty experience Elizabethtown College\u2019s School of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS) is providing Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Academy graduates with a flexible and affordable pathway to advance careers through a recently launched online Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Law Enforcement program. Through this online […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":21172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,775],"tags":[1279,197,2266,1350,2192,2190,2445],"class_list":["post-21171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","category-campus","tag-criminal-justice","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-elizabethtown-college-school-of-graduate-and-professional-studies","tag-etown","tag-law-enforcement","tag-pennsylvania-state-police","tag-psp","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21173,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21171\/revisions\/21173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}