Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Champlain College

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

Champlain is located in Burlington, Vermont and approximately 4,137 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.

Champlain Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
• Master’s Degree in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

Online Classes Are Available at Champlain

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Champlain does offer online courses in homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Champlain Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Rankings

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Student Demographics at Champlain

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting majors at Champlain College.

Champlain Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting master's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

Of the students who received a homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting master's degree from Champlain, 72% 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 Champlain College with a master's in homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 Champlain College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Security Science and Technology	57

Related Majors

• Legal Professions

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 VT, the home state for Champlain College.

Occupation	Jobs in VT	Average Salary in VT
Accountants and Auditors	2,790	$75,360
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	1,280	$52,940
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,250	$50,270
Managers	570	$105,950
Correctional Officers and Jailers	550	$45,810

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 Nightspark (talk) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.