Homeland Security at Oakland University

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

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and approximately 18,552 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,564 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oakland University in 2021, 16 of them were homeland security majors.

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.

Oakland Homeland Security Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Homeland Security

Oakland Homeland Security Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the homeland security progam at Oakland 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 Oakland 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 Homeland Security Schools	126

How Much Do Homeland Security Graduates from Oakland Make?

The median salary of homeland security students who receive their bachelor's degree at Oakland is $25,085. This is less than $44,554, which is the national average of all homeland security majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Homeland Security Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Homeland Security Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 homeland security majors earned their bachelor's degree from Oakland. Of these graduates, 69% were men and 31% were women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in homeland security at Oakland 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 Oakland University with a bachelor's in homeland security.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Oakland 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 MI, the home state for Oakland University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Police and Detective Supervisors	2,380	$80,060
Protective Service Worker Supervisors	1,790	$46,510
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	430	$79,490
Emergency Management Directors	150	$72,500

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 Brian Gingrich under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.