Other Homeland Security at Virginia Commonwealth University

If you plan to study other homeland security, take a look at what Virginia Commonwealth University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 98 students received a bachelor's degree in other homeland security from VCU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Other Homeland Security section at the bottom of this page.

VCU Other Homeland Security Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at VCU

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

• Master’s Degree

VCU Other Homeland Security Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the other homeland security progam at VCU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The other homeland security major at VCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Other 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Other Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools	2
Best Value Other Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools	2
Most Popular Online Other Homeland Security Schools	10
Most Popular Other Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools	10

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in other homeland security from VCU. This makes it the #10 most popular school for other homeland security master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of VCU Other Homeland Security Graduates

The median salary of other homeland security students who receive their bachelor's degree at VCU is $41,654. This is less than $43,031, which is the national average of all other homeland security majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Other Homeland Security Student Demographics at VCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the other homeland security majors at Virginia Commonwealth University.

VCU Other Homeland Security Bachelor’s Program

Of the 98 other homeland security students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from VCU, about 57% were men and 43% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its other homeland security bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in other homeland security.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	43
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

VCU Other Homeland Security Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of other homeland security master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Of the students who received a other homeland security master's degree from VCU, 67% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a master's in other homeland security.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Security Science and Technology
• Criminal Justice & Corrections

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.