Homeland Security at George Washington University

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 George Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 students attend the school each year.

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.

GWU Homeland Security Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Homeland Security
• Master’s Degree in Homeland Security

GWU Homeland Security Rankings

Homeland Security Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Homeland Security Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a homeland security master's degree from GWU, 52% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the homeland security master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Homeland Security

If you plan to be a homeland security 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 George Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Critical Infrastructure Protection	79

Related Majors

• Criminal Justice & Corrections
• Security Science and Technology

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,250	$117,770
Protective Service Worker Supervisors	980	$60,130
Emergency Management Directors	210	$119,820

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.