Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Georgia Southwestern State University

What traits are you looking for in a homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting school? To help you decide if Georgia Southwestern State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program.

GSW is located in Americus, Georgia and has a total student population of 3,162.

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.

GSW Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at GSW

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? GSW offers distance education options for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

GSW Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Rankings

The homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting major at GSW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting. 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, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Student Demographics at GSW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at Georgia Southwestern State University.

GSW Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Southwestern State University with a bachelor's in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GSW also has a doctoral program available in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

The following homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting concentations are available at Georgia Southwestern State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Georgia Southwestern State University. 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southwestern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Accountants and Auditors	37,200	$75,930
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	22,410	$42,990
Computer Workers	21,500	$90,140
Correctional Officers and Jailers	15,500	$34,290
Managers	14,480	$118,060

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.