Homeland Security at Rider University

What traits are you looking for in a homeland security school? To help you decide if Rider University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's homeland security program.

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and has a total student population of 4,636. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 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.

Rider Homeland Security Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Homeland Security

Rider Homeland Security Rankings

Homeland Security Student Demographics at Rider

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

Rider Homeland Security Master’s Program

The homeland security program at Rider awarded 8 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women.

Of the students who received a homeland security master's degree from Rider, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the homeland security master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 NJ, the home state for Rider University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Police and Detective Supervisors	5,650	$130,490
Professors	2,670	$73,660
Protective Service Worker Supervisors	2,110	$59,750
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	470	$87,300

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 Magneticcarpet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.