Homeland Security at University of North Texas

Every homeland security school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the homeland security program at University of North Texas stacks up to those at other schools.

UNT is located in Denton, Texas and has a total student population of 40,953. Of the 8,156 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Texas in 2021, 50 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.

UNT Homeland Security Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Homeland Security
• Master’s Degree in Homeland Security

UNT Homeland Security Rankings

The homeland security major at UNT 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.

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in homeland security from UNT. This makes it the #44 most popular school for homeland security master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UNT Homeland Security Graduates

The median salary of homeland security students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNT is $42,579. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $44,554 for all homeland security students.

Homeland Security Student Demographics at UNT

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

UNT Homeland Security Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of homeland security bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical homeland security bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at UNT since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 University of North Texas with a bachelor's in homeland security.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	21
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UNT Homeland Security Master’s Program

Of the 8 students who graduated with a master’s in homeland security from UNT in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a homeland security master's degree from UNT, 88% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Texas with a master's in homeland security.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• 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 TX, the home state for University of North Texas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Police and Detective Supervisors	6,400	$87,840
Protective Service Worker Supervisors	4,960	$53,670
Professors	3,510	$61,660
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	1,220	$68,040

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.