Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 students attend the school each year.

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.

SIUC Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SIUC

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? SIUC offers distance education options for homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SIUC Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Rankings

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting master's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

Of the students who received a homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting master's degree from SIUC, 81% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Fire Protection	19

Related Majors

• Legal Professions

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors	53,280	$81,060
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	30,370	$75,720
Firefighters	17,170	$56,710
Correctional Officers and Jailers	14,050	$62,440

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 Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.