Homeland Security at George Washington University

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 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.

GWU Homeland Security Degrees Available

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

GWU Homeland Security Rankings

The homeland security major at GWU 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 GWU

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

GWU Homeland Security Bachelor’s Program

40% Women

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of homeland security bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% 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 GWU since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 George Washington University with a bachelor's in homeland security.

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

GWU Homeland Security Master’s Program

30% Women

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of homeland security master's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

Of the students who received a homeland security master's degree from GWU, 52% 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 43% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Homeland Security

The following homeland security concentations are available at George Washington University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from George Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Critical Infrastructure Protection	79
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	2

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,250	$117,770
Protective Service Worker Supervisors	980	$60,130
Emergency Management Directors	210	$119,820

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
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