Homeland Security at Idaho State University

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

ISU is located in Pocatello, Idaho and approximately 11,766 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 16 students received their associate's degree in homeland security.

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.

ISU Homeland Security Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Homeland Security (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Homeland Security
• Bachelor’s Degree in Homeland Security

Online Classes Are Available at ISU

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? ISU offers distance education options for homeland security at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

ISU Homeland Security Rankings

The homeland security major at ISU 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 ISU

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

ISU Homeland Security Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of homeland security associate's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in homeland security at ISU are white. Around 75% 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 Idaho State University with a associate's in homeland security.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ISU Homeland Security Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in homeland security from ISU. About 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical homeland security bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% women. So female students are more repesented at ISU since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

ISU 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 Idaho State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Idaho State 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 ID, the home state for Idaho State University.

Occupation	Jobs in ID	Average Salary in ID
Managers	1,350	$85,070
Police and Detective Supervisors	710	$77,720
Professors	220	$68,140
Protective Service Worker Supervisors	220	$48,830

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 Staplegunther under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.