Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at University of Mount Olive

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

UMO is located in Mount Olive, North Carolina and approximately 2,536 students attend the school each year.

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.

UMO Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UMO

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

UMO Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Rankings

The homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting major at UMO 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 UMO

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

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 61 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors earned their bachelor's degree from UMO. Of these graduates, 48% were men and 52% were women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at UMO are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	31
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UMO 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

If you plan to be a homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Mount Olive. 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 NC, the home state for University of Mount Olive.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Accountants and Auditors	33,020	$76,880
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	22,350	$48,420
Correctional Officers and Jailers	15,720	$38,500
Firefighters	14,870	$35,500
Managers	11,990	$121,500

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 Mount Olive College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.