Critical Infrastructure Protection at George Washington University

If you plan to study critical infrastructure protection, take a look at what George Washington University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 27,017.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Critical Infrastructure Protection section at the bottom of this page.

GWU Critical Infrastructure Protection Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Master’s Degree in Critical Infrastructure Protection

Online Classes Are Available at GWU

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.

GWU does offer online education options in critical infrastructure protection for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

GWU Critical Infrastructure Protection Rankings

The critical infrastructure protection major at GWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Critical Infrastructure Protection. 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.

Critical Infrastructure Protection Student Demographics at GWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the critical infrastructure protection majors at George Washington University.

GWU Critical Infrastructure Protection Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of critical infrastructure protection bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical critical infrastructure protection bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at GWU since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Washington University with a bachelor's in critical infrastructure protection.

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 Critical Infrastructure Protection Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a critical infrastructure protection master's degree from GWU, 52% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the critical infrastructure protection master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 2% 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 critical infrastructure protection.

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

Related Majors

• Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management

Careers That Critical Infrastructure Protection Grads May Go Into

A degree in critical infrastructure protection 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
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
• Image Credit: By Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.