Homeland Security at George Mason University

If you plan to study homeland security, take a look at what George Mason University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 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.

GMU Homeland Security Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Homeland Security

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, GMU does offer online courses in homeland security for the following degree levels:

GMU Homeland Security Rankings

The homeland security major at GMU 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 GMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the homeland security majors at George Mason University.

GMU Homeland Security Bachelor’s Program

Of the 84 homeland security students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from GMU, about 74% were men and 26% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 George Mason University with a bachelor's in homeland security.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	39
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

GMU 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

Homeland Security 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 George Mason University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree 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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Police and Detective Supervisors	3,000	$94,120
Protective Service Worker Supervisors	2,630	$58,120
Emergency Management Directors	350	$89,580

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.