Questionnaire responses of 250 members of relevant associations and 14 universities with formal criminal justice education programs were surveyed. The programs were classified as (1) Humanistic-Social, (2) Professional-Managerial, and (3) Technical-Vocational. A general trend towards academic programs (1 and 2) with less emphasis on vocationalism is noted. However, most institutions emphasize teaching, to the detriment of research, and lack a clear sustained relationship between academia and criminal justice agencies. Five areas of concern are recommended: (1) potential students, (2) agency relationships which serve a function of coordinating curriculum and instructional practice with the requirements of the field, (3) quality of the programs, (4) increases in research, and (5) periodic surveys of the status of criminal justice education. The social and economic context of the higher education and the criminal justice education (such as population grouwth, unemployment, urbanization) with the emphasis on resources for higher education and developments in criminal justice are included. The method of the present study is appended.