Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at University of South Carolina - Upstate

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

USC Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and approximately 6,038 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.

USC Upstate Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

USC Upstate Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Rankings

The homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting major at USC Upstate 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 USC Upstate

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting majors at University of South Carolina - Upstate.

USC Upstate Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Carolina - Upstate with a bachelor's in homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

If you plan to be a homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting 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 University of South Carolina - Upstate. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice & Corrections	66

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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Upstate.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Accountants and Auditors	14,890	$64,750
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	11,180	$42,280
Correctional Officers and Jailers	6,200	$37,560
Firefighters	5,330	$36,300
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	3,320	$38,930

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 Dfscgt21 under License

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