Bachelor’s Degrees in Homeland Security

In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were male, and 32 were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 1.1% of homeland security graduates were international students.

 

Education Levels of Homeland Security Majors

In 2021-2022, 2,819 bachelor's degrees were awarded to homeland security majors. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in homeland security at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	2,819
Basic Certificate	1,037
Associate Degree	462
Undergraduate Certificate	96

Earnings of Homeland Security Majors With Bachelor’s Degrees

The median salary for graduates holding a bachelor's degree in homeland security is $44,554. This number may vary for a lot of reasons. For instance, you may decide to move to a location where people with your degree are rare and make more money. A better approximation of salary is to look at the typical range of salaries. In this case the low is $40,261 and the high is $45,139.

Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding a bachelor's degree in homeland security is $22,000. The length of time it takes you to graduate and what college you attend can affect this number quite a bit. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $24,942 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $20,101.

The median monthly payment of a homeland security graduate with a 10-year repayment plan is $443.

Student Diversity

More men than women pursue bachelor's degrees in homeland security. About 74.8% of graduates in this field are male.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	2,108
Women	711

The racial-ethnic distribution of homeland security bachelor’s degree students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	100
Black or African American	251
Hispanic or Latino	423
White	1,689
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	326

Homeland Security Concentrations

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Homeland Security	1,273
Emergency/Disaster Management	1,190
Critical Infrastructure Protection	277
Other Homeland Security	72
Counterterrorism Operations	7

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors that are similar to homeland security that offer bachelor’s degrees.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice & Corrections	51,219
	3,330
Fire Protection	1,386
Other Homeland Security	796

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.