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Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Alvernia University

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Alvernia University

If you plan to study homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting, take a look at what Alvernia University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Alvernia is located in Reading, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,560.

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.

Alvernia Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Degrees Available

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

Alvernia Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Rankings

The homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting major at Alvernia 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 Alvernia

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

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

47% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 53% of homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women.

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About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting at Alvernia are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 28
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

If you plan to be a homeland security, law enforcement & 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 Alvernia University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice & Corrections 35
Security Science and Technology 4

Careers That Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Grads May Go Into

A degree in homeland security, law enforcement & 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 PA, the home state for Alvernia University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Accountants and Auditors 51,720 $75,250
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 27,850 $66,600
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 20,160 $43,680
Computer Workers 19,010 $87,040
Correctional Officers and Jailers 16,850 $54,140

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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