The University of Alabama, based in Tuscaloosa, AL offers a fully funded master’s in Criminal Justice. The MS in Criminal Justice requires 33 credits for the non-thesis option and 30 credits for the thesis option. Assistantships come with a monthly paycheck that goes directly to the student, along with significant tuition and health insurance support. Assistantships are awarded on a competitive basis after the Graduate Committee’s discretionary assessment of the quality of each student’s academic performance, and professional performance as a departmental employee.