Homeland Security at Arkansas Tech University

If you are interested in studying homeland security, you may want to check out the program at Arkansas Tech University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

ATU is located in Russellville, Arkansas and approximately 10,829 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.

ATU Homeland Security Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Homeland Security (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Homeland Security
• Master’s Degree in Homeland Security

ATU Homeland Security Rankings

The homeland security major at ATU 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 ATU

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

ATU Homeland Security Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of homeland security bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical homeland security bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at ATU since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Arkansas Tech University with a bachelor's in homeland security.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

ATU Homeland Security Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of homeland security master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

In the homeland security master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Arkansas Tech University with a master's in homeland security.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Homeland Security

If you plan to be a homeland security major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Arkansas Tech University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	36

Related Majors

• Criminal Justice & Corrections

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 AR, the home state for Arkansas Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Managers	3,360	$86,410
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,760	$55,310
Professors	920	$57,420
Protective Service Worker Supervisors	710	$53,290
Emergency Management Directors	140	$47,680

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 Valis55 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.