Critical Infrastructure Protection at George Mason University

If you are interested in studying critical infrastructure protection, you may want to check out the program at George Mason University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Critical Infrastructure Protection section at the bottom of this page.

GMU Critical Infrastructure Protection Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Master’s Degree in Critical Infrastructure Protection

GMU Critical Infrastructure Protection Rankings

Critical Infrastructure Protection Student Demographics at GMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the critical infrastructure protection majors at George Mason University.

GMU Critical Infrastructure Protection Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of critical infrastructure protection master's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

In the critical infrastructure protection master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a master's in critical infrastructure protection.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management
• Terrorism & Counterterrorism Operations

Careers That Critical Infrastructure Protection Grads May Go Into

A degree in critical infrastructure protection can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Police and Detective Supervisors	3,000	$94,120
Emergency Management Directors	350	$89,580

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.