Homeland Security at St Petersburg College

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

SPC is located in Clearwater, Florida and has a total student population of 26,430.

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.

SPC Homeland Security Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Homeland Security (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Homeland Security

Online Classes Are Available at SPC

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? SPC offers distance education options for homeland security at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

SPC Homeland Security Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Homeland Security Student Demographics at SPC

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

SPC Homeland Security Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of homeland security associate's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in homeland security at SPC are white. Around 67% 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 St Petersburg College with a associate's in homeland security.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Criminal Justice & Corrections
• Fire Protection
• Security Science and Technology
• Other Homeland Security

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 FL, the home state for St Petersburg College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Professors	16,250	$61,440
Police and Detective Supervisors	6,840	$87,850
Protective Service Worker Supervisors	5,430	$47,500
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	1,030	$68,780

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 John O’Neill under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.