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Find out if you can be among the Most Competitive applicants for a career as a DEA Special Agent...

Check off any of the following that describe you:

Bachelor's degree with a 2.95 GPA or higher in any one of the following disciplines:

  • Criminal Justice
  • Police Science
  • Finance
  • Economics
  • Accounting
  • Computer Sciences/Information Systems
  • Telecommunications/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering
  • Any of the following foreign languages (note: fluency will be verified)
    • Spanish
    • Russian
    • Hebrew
    • Arabic
    • Dialects of Nigerian Languages
    • Chinese

OR

Bachelor's degree (with no minimum GPA required) and three or more years conducting the full range of law enforcement duties;

OR

Bachelor's degree (with no minimum GPA required) and three years or more substantive work experience and Special Skills, such as Pilot/Maritime, Accounting, or Foreign Language fluency (fluency subject to verification);

OR

Master's or Law degree plus one year of substantive administrative experience.

ADDITIONAL CRITERIA

Are you a U.S. Citizen?
Are you at least 21 years of age and will you not be older than 36 at time of appointment?
Do you have a valid driver's license?
Are you in excellent physical condition?
Do you have uncorrected vision of not less than 20/200 in both eyes, and corrected to 20/20 in one eye and 20/40 in the other eye?
Are you willing to relocate anywhere in the United States?
Are you able to successfully complete a background investigation and obtain a Top Secret clearance?

          

Your results:


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