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Homeland Security at Columbia Southern University

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Homeland Security at Columbia Southern University

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

Columbia Southern University is located in Orange Beach, Alabama and has a total student population of 18,533. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 175 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.

Columbia Southern University Homeland Security Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Homeland Security

Online Classes Are Available at Columbia Southern University

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? Columbia Southern University offers distance education options for homeland security at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

Columbia Southern University Homeland Security Rankings

Homeland Security Student Demographics at Columbia Southern University

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

Columbia Southern University Homeland Security Master’s Program

21% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 79% of homeland security master's degrees went to men and 21% went to women.

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Of the students who received a homeland security master's degree from Columbia Southern University, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 20
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 96
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 47

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 Columbia Southern University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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