Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Excelsior University

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

Excelsior University is located in Albany, New York and has a total student population of 21,974.

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.

Excelsior University Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
• Bachelor’s Degree in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
• Master’s Degree in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

Online Classes Are Available at Excelsior 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? Excelsior University offers distance education options for homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Excelsior University Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Rankings

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Student Demographics at Excelsior University

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

Excelsior University Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting master's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

In the homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 61% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Excelsior University with a master's in homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Excelsior University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Security Science and Technology	87
Homeland Security	33
Criminal Justice & Corrections	10

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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 NY, the home state for Excelsior University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	53,560	$74,860
Correctional Officers and Jailers	35,460	$64,490
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	28,530	$58,050
Managers	16,600	$124,160

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 Snowy Brooklyn College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.