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Homeland Security at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Homeland Security at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

If you are interested in studying homeland security, you may want to check out the program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

John Jay is located in New York, New York and approximately 15,766 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.

John Jay Homeland Security Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Homeland Security

John Jay Homeland Security Rankings

Homeland Security Student Demographics at John Jay

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the homeland security majors at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

John Jay Homeland Security Master’s Program

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

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Of the students who received a homeland security master's degree from John Jay, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the homeland security master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a master's in homeland security.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 John Jay College of Criminal Justice. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Terrorism & Counterterrorism Operations 36
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management 33

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 NY, the home state for John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Managers 16,600 $124,160
Police and Detective Supervisors 12,650 $115,940
Protective Service Worker Supervisors 8,660 $63,570
Professors 6,440 $112,000
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 1,450 $62,080

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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