Associate Degrees in Security Science and Technology

In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 47% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 1.6% of security science and technology graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Security Science and Technology Majors

In 2021-2022, 850 earned their associate degree in security science and technology. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in security science and technology at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	3,330
Basic Certificate	1,193
Associate Degree	850
Undergraduate Certificate	322

Earnings of Security Science and Technology Majors With Associate Degrees

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for security science and technology majors with their associate degree due to lack of data.

Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding an associate degree in security science and technology is $11,750. The school you go to and how long it takes you to graduate, among other things, can cause this number to vary. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $14,294 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $10,813.

The median monthly payment of a security science and technology graduate with a 10-year repayment plan is $137.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their associate degree in security science and technology. About 59.9% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	341
Women	509

The racial-ethnic distribution of security science and technology associate degree students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	26
Black or African American	96
Hispanic or Latino	246
White	409
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	59

Security Science and Technology Concentrations

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
	526
	304
	9
	8
	2

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors that are similar to security science and technology that offer associate degrees.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice & Corrections	28,100
Fire Protection	4,148
Homeland Security	462
Other Homeland Security	158

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.