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Criminal justice programs in Louisiana

14 criminal justice programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

8 schools offer these criminal justice programs, and Louisiana has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did. One school runs 6 of these 14 programs, so the typical figures lean heavily on its prices and results.

Police officers protect lives and property, and detectives gather facts and collect evidence of possible crimes. The education needed ranges from a high school diploma to a college degree, and new officers usually attend a training academy before they start.1

In Louisiana, 10 of the 14 programs take students without a high school diploma and 4 ask for a diploma or equivalent.

By kind, the 14 programs here are criminal justice, corrections or police science (associate degree, 8 programs), law enforcement and investigation certificate (3 programs), corrections certificate (1 program), criminal justice certificate (1 program), and 1 more of one other kind.

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How much do criminal justice programs cost in Louisiana?

Two-year degrees (8 programs)
$8,973 to $10,740most of them, usually 60 to 64 weeks long
Other criminal justice programs (6 programs)
$5,189 to $7,135most of them, usually 30 to 41 weeks long

What you pay yourself for the whole program, as the schools report it. "Most" is the middle half of the programs with a price.

In the typical program

Finished the program
Left out
Half of Louisiana's programs report exactly 100%
Working 6 months later
Left out
Most of Louisiana's programs report exactly 100%, which no other state comes close to
Earned a year, estimated
about $29,400
Length
30 to 60 weeks

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Louisiana may also offer criminal justice programs. How these figures are made

Are there free criminal justice programs in Louisiana?

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: financial aid, grants and the GI Bill

All 14 criminal justice programs in Louisiana approved for WIOA funding

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How to pay for criminal justice programs in Louisiana

WIOA funding can pay for criminal justice programs in Louisiana

Every program on this page is approved for it. Whether you qualify, how much your local area pays and how to apply are on our page Does WIOA pay for job training?

Financial aid and grants for criminal justice programs

Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.67

GI Bill for criminal justice programs

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Quick facts: Criminal justice programs in Louisiana

lowest typical price among the states with enough programs to compare
14th of 24
other states where the typical program's graduates earned less
7 of 16
criminal justice programs here, against the typical state's 8
14 vs 8

State comparisons use the same figures as the criminal justice programs by state table: the middle program of each state, and only states with three or more schools for prices. Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).

Criminal justice programs in Shreveport, Lafayette, Monroe and other Louisiana cities

Choosing an area filters the program list above. 1 more program is in 1 other area.

Other training in Louisiana

How criminal justice programs compare with the rest of public safety: First responder training in Louisiana

Where the Louisiana criminal justice program numbers come from

Which Louisiana criminal justice programs are on this list?

These are the criminal justice programs Louisiana approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).9 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Louisiana offers.

How the prices and results of Louisiana criminal justice programs are measured

Prices are tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported them; check the current price with the school. Results describe students who left each program in recent years, so they are no guarantee, and the yearly earnings are the reported quarter times four, an estimate. A program without a "Trained with WIOA funding" line may still take WIOA students. Where a field was left empty or withheld, the page says "Not reported", and "Left out" where a figure was filed but failed one of our checks; nothing is estimated to fill a gap. Where the numbers come from explains each figure in full.

How reliable are the Louisiana figures?

The US Department of Labor's own results site lists Louisiana among the states with "known data quality concerns".10 We leave out the share working 6 months later for Louisiana: most of its programs report exactly 100%, which no other state comes close to. We leave out the share who finished for Louisiana: half of its programs report exactly 100%.

Sources for the facts about criminal justice programs in Louisiana

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Police and Detectives
  2. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  3. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  4. Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220, 680.230 and 680.310: career services before training, other grants such as Pell Grants first, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
  5. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  6. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  7. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  8. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
  9. US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List
  10. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: search page, note on states with known data quality concerns