Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Southern New Hampshire University

If you plan to study homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting, take a look at what Southern New Hampshire University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and approximately 134,345 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting section at the bottom of this page.

SNHU Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
• Bachelor’s Degree in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
• Master’s Degree in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

Online Classes Are Available at SNHU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SNHU offers distance education options for homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SNHU Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Rankings

The homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting major at SNHU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting. 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, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Student Demographics at SNHU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting majors at Southern New Hampshire University.

SNHU Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting associate's degrees went to men and 55% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting at SNHU are white. Around 53% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a associate's in homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	78
Hispanic or Latino	65
White	236
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	66

SNHU Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting at SNHU 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 Southern New Hampshire University with a bachelor's in homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	120
Hispanic or Latino	125
White	518
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	116

SNHU Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a master's in homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	62
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	130
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

Concentrations Within Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

The following homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting concentations are available at Southern New Hampshire University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern New Hampshire University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice & Corrections	1,196
Homeland Security	201

Related Majors

Careers That Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Grads May Go Into

A degree in homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NH, the home state for Southern New Hampshire University.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Accountants and Auditors	5,300	$72,690
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	3,100	$58,120
Firefighters	2,130	$48,640
Correctional Officers and Jailers	1,110	$47,860
Computer Workers	1,010	$112,440

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 Kylejtod at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.