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.

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

VCU Other Homeland Security 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.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of other homeland security bachelor's degrees went to men and 27% went to women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in other homeland security at VCU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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	5
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	46
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

VCU Other Homeland Security Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of other homeland security master's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

In the other homeland security master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

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	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Other Homeland Security

Other Homeland Security majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Virginia Commonwealth University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services	112

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.