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Homeland Security at Mercy College

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

Mercy is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York and has a total student population of 9,547. In 2021, 13 homeland security majors received their bachelor's degree from Mercy.

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.

Mercy Homeland Security Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Homeland Security

Mercy Homeland Security Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the homeland security progam at Mercy 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 Mercy 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 Popular Homeland Security Basic Certificate Schools 75
Most Focused Homeland Security Basic Certificate Schools 75
Most Focused Homeland Security Schools 130

Homeland Security Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy Homeland Security Bachelor’s Program

23% Women
62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 13 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Homeland Security from Mercy in 2020-2021, 77% were men and 23% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 Mercy College with a bachelor's in homeland security.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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

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 Mercy 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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