Homeland Security at University of Central Florida

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

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and approximately 71,881 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.

UCF Homeland Security Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Homeland Security

Online Classes Are Available at UCF

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

• Master’s Degree

UCF Homeland Security Rankings

The homeland security major at UCF 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 UCF

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

UCF Homeland Security Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of homeland security bachelor's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in homeland security at UCF are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 University of Central Florida with a bachelor's in homeland security.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UCF 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Central Florida. 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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Professors	16,250	$61,440
Police and Detective Supervisors	6,840	$87,850
Protective Service Worker Supervisors	5,430	$47,500
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	1,030	$68,780

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.