Homeland Security at Excelsior College

What traits are you looking for in a homeland security school? To help you decide if Excelsior College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's homeland security program.

Excelsior College is located in Albany, New York and approximately 21,974 students attend the school each year.

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

Excelsior College Homeland Security Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Homeland Security

Online Classes Are Available at Excelsior College

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Excelsior College does offer online education options in homeland security for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Excelsior College Homeland Security Rankings

The homeland security major at Excelsior College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Homeland Security. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Homeland Security Student Demographics at Excelsior College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the homeland security majors at Excelsior College.

Excelsior College Homeland Security Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 homeland security majors earned their bachelor's degree from Excelsior College. Of these graduates, 89% were men and 11% were women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in homeland security at Excelsior College are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its homeland security bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Excelsior College with a bachelor's in homeland security.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Excelsior College also has a doctoral program available in homeland security. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Homeland Security

The following homeland security concentations are available at Excelsior College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Excelsior College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

Related Majors

Careers That Homeland Security Grads May Go Into

A degree in homeland security can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Excelsior College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Police and Detective Supervisors	12,650	$115,940
Protective Service Worker Supervisors	8,660	$63,570
Professors	6,440	$112,000
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	1,450	$62,080

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
• Image Credit: By Snowy Brooklyn College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.