Homeland Security at Rider University
If you are interested in studying homeland security, you may want to check out the program at Rider University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and approximately 4,636 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.
Rider Homeland Security Degrees Available
- Master’s Degree in Homeland Security
Rider Homeland Security Rankings
Homeland Security Student Demographics at Rider
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the homeland security majors at Rider University.
Rider Homeland Security Master’s Program
Of the students who received a homeland security master's degree from Rider, 56% 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 44% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rider University with a master's in homeland security.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
White | 5 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Concentrations Within Homeland Security
If you plan to be a homeland security major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rider University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
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Homeland Security | 8 |
Related Majors
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 NJ, the home state for Rider University.
Occupation | Jobs in NJ | Average Salary in NJ |
---|---|---|
Managers | 18,370 | $138,820 |
Police and Detective Supervisors | 5,650 | $130,490 |
Professors | 2,670 | $73,660 |
Protective Service Worker Supervisors | 2,110 | $59,750 |
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors | 470 | $87,300 |
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 Magneticcarpet under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.