Homeland Security at Upper Iowa University

What traits are you looking for in a homeland security school? To help you decide if Upper Iowa University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's homeland security program.

UIU is located in Fayette, Iowa and approximately 3,610 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.

UIU Homeland Security Degrees Available

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

UIU Homeland Security Rankings

The homeland security major at UIU 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.

Homeland Security Student Demographics at UIU

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

UIU Homeland Security Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of homeland security bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical homeland security bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at UIU since its program graduates 41% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Upper Iowa University with a bachelor's in homeland security.

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

UIU Homeland Security Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of homeland security master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

Of the students who received a homeland security master's degree from UIU, 75% 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 Upper Iowa University with a master's in homeland security.

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

Concentrations Within Homeland Security

Homeland Security majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Upper Iowa University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Homeland Security	11
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	3

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 IA, the home state for Upper Iowa University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Managers	2,880	$101,360
Professors	2,250	$71,300
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,080	$81,800
Protective Service Worker Supervisors	590	$44,190
Emergency Management Directors	150	$69,300

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 SheilaJMiller under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.