Overview

Our Forensic and Legal Psychology program at Marymount University provides graduates with the knowledge and skills needed in law enforcement, criminal investigation and defense, public policy, matters involving miscarriages of justice, and national security — just to name a few.

Quick Facts:

Just minutes from our nation’s capital, our Forensic & Legal Psychology students participate in courtroom observations, site visits, speaker seminar series, and valuable internships with agencies and organizations such as the FBI, NCIS, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, Arlington County Police, D.C. Metropolitan Police, and the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission.
At Marymount, our interdisciplinary Forensic & Legal Psychology degree combines criminal justice, law, and public policy with many subfields of psychology. It addresses questions of value, such as how best to achieve fairness and justice in the American adversarial legal system, as well as empirical issues such as the origins of criminal behavior and terrorism, problems with eyewitness testimony, evaluation of threats against public figures, evaluation and treatment of offenders, and the effectiveness of trial consultation. Each course incorporates an ethics component to encourage you to grapple with the extremely complicated issues involved in a career in forensic and legal psychology.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Bases of Psychopathology

Research Methods

Legal and Investigative Psychology

Issues in the American Legal System

Psychology Public Policy, and Law

Psychology of Criminal Behavior

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 18 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-15 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00 , International

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International applicants are strongly encouraged to submit their application and material one month prior to the posted deadline.

Language

English

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Credits

39 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Arlington, United States

Disciplines

Legal Studies Forensic Psychology View 36 other Masters in Forensic Psychology in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

Graduate Application

Professional résumé

Official transcripts of all postsecondary education including evidence of bachelor’s degree (an undergraduate major in psychology is preferred, however candidates from other fields will be considered); directly to Marymount University’s Office of Graduate Enrollment Services or via an online delivery system

Two recommendations that speak directly to the applicant’s academic and interpersonal skills using the official recommendation form provided by the Office of Graduate Enrollment Services

Personal statement, maximum 500 words, describing the applicant’s background and motivation entering the field of study, as well as the applicant’s rationale for applying to Marymount’s Forensic and Legal Psychology program

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Applies to you

Non-residents

36582 USD / year

≈ 36582 USD / year
Out-of-State

36582 USD / year

≈ 36582 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

36582 USD / year

≈ 36582 USD / year

Living costs

Arlington

United States

983 - 1441 USD / month

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