Homeland Security at Excelsior College

What traits are you looking for in a homeland security school? To help you decide if Excelsior College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's homeland security program.

Excelsior College is located in Albany, New York and approximately 21,974 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students received a bachelor's degree in homeland security from Excelsior College.

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.

Excelsior College Homeland Security Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Excelsior College

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Excelsior College Homeland Security Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the homeland security progam at Excelsior College compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The homeland security major at Excelsior College 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
Most Focused Homeland Security Schools	70

In 2021, 33 students received their master’s degree in homeland security from Excelsior College. This makes it the #18 most popular school for homeland security master’s degree candidates in the country.

Homeland Security Student Demographics at Excelsior College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the homeland security majors at Excelsior College.

Excelsior College Homeland Security Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 homeland security majors earned their bachelor's degree from Excelsior College. Of these graduates, 89% were men and 11% were women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in homeland security at Excelsior College are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Excelsior College with a bachelor's in homeland security.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Excelsior College Homeland Security Master’s Program

Of the 33 students who graduated with a master’s in homeland security from Excelsior College in 2021, 82% were men and 18% were women.

Of the students who received a homeland security master's degree from Excelsior College, 55% 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 45% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Excelsior College also has a doctoral program available in homeland security. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Security Science and Technology
• 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 NY, the home state for Excelsior College.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Snowy Brooklyn College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.