Homeland Security at Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies

If you are interested in studying homeland security, you may want to check out the program at Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Drury University - CCPS is located in Springfield, Missouri and approximately 1,020 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in homeland security from Drury University - CCPS.

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.

Drury University - CCPS Homeland Security Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Homeland Security
• Bachelor’s Degree in Homeland Security

Online Classes Are Available at Drury University - CCPS

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Drury University - CCPS offers distance education options for homeland security at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

Drury University - CCPS Homeland Security Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks homeland security programs across the country. The following shows how Drury University - CCPS performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The homeland security major at Drury University - CCPS 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools	13
Most Popular Online Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools	18
Most Focused Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29
Most Popular Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools	51
Best Homeland Security Schools	100

Homeland Security Student Demographics at Drury University - CCPS

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the homeland security majors at Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies.

Drury University - CCPS Homeland Security Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of homeland security associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

Drury University - CCPS does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in homeland security graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies with a associate's in homeland security.

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

Drury University - CCPS Homeland Security Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Homeland Security from Drury University - CCPS in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in homeland security at Drury University - CCPS 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 Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies with a bachelor's in homeland security.

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

Drury University - CCPS also has a doctoral program available in homeland security. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 MO, the home state for Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Managers	3,980	$97,820
Police and Detective Supervisors	2,220	$78,750
Protective Service Worker Supervisors	1,180	$54,370
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	230	$85,710
Emergency Management Directors	170	$63,690

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.