Homeland Security at Auburn University at Montgomery

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 Auburn University at Montgomery stacks up to those at other schools.

AUM is located in Montgomery, Alabama and approximately 5,212 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received their master's degree in homeland security.

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.

AUM Homeland Security Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Homeland Security

Online Classes Are Available at AUM

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

• Master’s Degree

AUM Homeland Security Rankings

Homeland Security Student Demographics at AUM

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

AUM Homeland Security Master’s Program

Of the 8 students who graduated with a master’s in homeland security from AUM in 2021, 75% were men and 25% were women.

Of the students who received a homeland security master's degree from AUM, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the homeland security master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 AL, the home state for Auburn University at Montgomery.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Professors	3,180	$36,330
Managers	2,110	$106,680
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,160	$68,810
Protective Service Worker Supervisors	620	$48,780
Emergency Management Directors	170	$69,060

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 College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.