Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Central Wyoming College

If you are interested in studying homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting, you may want to check out the program at Central Wyoming College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CWC is located in Riverton, Wyoming and approximately 1,755 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 14 students received their associate's degree in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting section at the bottom of this page.

CWC Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

Online Classes Are Available at CWC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? CWC offers distance education options for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

CWC Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Rankings

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Student Demographics at CWC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at Central Wyoming College.

CWC Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting associate's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at CWC are white. Around 57% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Central Wyoming College with a associate's in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Central Wyoming College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

Careers That Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Grads May Go Into

A degree in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WY, the home state for Central Wyoming College.

Occupation	Jobs in WY	Average Salary in WY
Accountants and Auditors	1,810	$66,180
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	1,130	$55,050
Correctional Officers and Jailers	830	$42,290
Managers	770	$100,310
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	770	$50,200

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.