Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting is a program of study at Rutgers University - Newark. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area.
We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Rankings for the Rutgers Newark Bachelor’s in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
#84in the U.S
#5in New Jersey
In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. Rutgers Newark is in the top 10% of the country for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting. More specifically it was ranked #84 out of 1,161 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #5 in New Jersey.
Here are some of the other rankings for Rutgers Newark.
How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting from Rutgers Newark Cost?
$14,502Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
Rutgers Newark Undergraduate Tuition and Fees
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Rutgers Newark paid an average of $942 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $394 per credit hour.
Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
Does Rutgers Newark Offer an Online Bachelor’s in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting?
Rutgers Newark does not offer an online option for its homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting bachelor’s degree program at this time.
To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Rutgers Newark Online Learning page.
Rutgers Newark Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
212Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
50.0%Women
63.2%Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There were 212 bachelor’s degrees in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.
Male-to-Female Ratio
Women made up around 50.0% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020.
This is about the same as the countrywide number of 51.3%.
Racial-Ethnic Diversity
Around 63.2% of homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting bachelor’s degree recipients at Rutgers Newark in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.
This is higher than the nationwide number of 47%.
Race/Ethnicity
Number of Students
Asian
11
Black or African American
42
Hispanic or Latino
75
Native American or Alaska Native
0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
1
White
67
International Students
2
Other Races/Ethnicities
14
Bachelor’s in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Focus Areas at Rutgers Newark
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
*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.