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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 79 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.

GWU Homeland Security Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Homeland Security

Online Classes Are Available at GWU

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? GWU offers distance education options for homeland security at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

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

Of the 79 students who earned a master's degree in Homeland Security from GWU in 2020-2021, 68% were men and 32% were women.

In the homeland security master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 15% 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	8
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	36
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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.