Homeland Security at University of South Florida - Main Campus

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

USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and approximately 50,626 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 120 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.

USF Tampa Homeland Security Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Homeland Security

Online Classes Are Available at USF Tampa

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? USF Tampa offers distance education options for homeland security at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USF Tampa Homeland Security Rankings

Homeland Security Student Demographics at USF Tampa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the homeland security majors at University of South Florida - Main Campus.

USF Tampa Homeland Security Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 120 homeland security majors earned their master's degree from USF Tampa. Of these graduates, 82% were men and 18% 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 University of South Florida - Main Campus with a master's in homeland security.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	52
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Related Majors

• Criminal Justice & Corrections

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 FL, the home state for University of South Florida - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Professors	16,250	$61,440
Police and Detective Supervisors	6,840	$87,850
Protective Service Worker Supervisors	5,430	$47,500
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	1,030	$68,780

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 Rick DeBow under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.