Internships
While in our program, students are required to complete an internship within the Forensic Profession in order to graduate. In the summer of 2022, 78 students completed internships while in the summer of 2023, 100 students completed internships. During the summer of 2024, 103 students completed internships.
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After Graduation
A degree in our program is the foundation for success, professionally and
academically. Our students have gone on to become leaders in their fields
and continually show the value of their degree.
2021: A survey of the 66 students that graduated in May 2021 showed that 14 went to graduate school (21%); 34 are confirmed as working (51%); 18 students did not respond (28%). Thus, at least 72% of the graduates found career placements or went to graduate school.
2023: A recent survey of the 47 students that graduated during the 2022-2023 school year showed that 11 went to graduate school (23%); 24 are confirmed as working (51%); 12 students did not respond (26%). Thus, at least 74% of the graduates found career placements or went to graduate school.
Career Placement
Historically, we have placed students at the FBI, DEA, US Secret Service,
US Postal Inspection Service, US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory,
WV State Police Forensic Laboratory, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation,
DC Department of Forensic Sciences, as well as many county, municipal,
city crime laboratories or forensic science departments and analogs,
and in private companies.
Career placements, since May 2021, include:
- Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
- Osceola County Sheriff's Office
- Virginia Beach Police Department
- WVU Medicine
- WVU School of Medicine Pathologist's Assistant Program
- WVU Forensic and Investigative Science Master's Program
- Michigan State Police
- Viatris
- State of North Dakota Office of the Attorney General
- Santa Fe Police Department
- United States Secret Service
- Fairbanks Police Department
- Prince George's County Police Department
- Virginia Department of Forensic Science
- Baltimore County Police Department
- Charles County Sheriff's Department
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
- WVU College of Law
- Suffolk Police Department
- Fairfax County Police Department
- Granville Police Department
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
- Revvity Omics
- Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office
- West Virginia State Police
- LithoLink Labcorp
- Armed Forces DNA Identification Lab
- Roanoke Police Department
- Franklin County Forensic Science Center
- Abu Dhabi UAE Forensic Scientist
- Tennessee Bureau Investigation
- RTI International
- Prince William County Police Department
- New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
- Ideal Innovations
- Palm Beach Police Department
- Palm Bay Police Department
- WVU Dental School
- Dallas Police Department
- Federal Bureau of Investigations
- Greenville County Police Department
- Hamilton County Police Department
- Dauphin County Coroner's Office