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Brown University Master’s in Security Science and Technology

The main focus area for this major is Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Security Science and Technology is a major offered under the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program of study at Brown University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in security science and technology, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Security Science and Technology from Brown Cost?

Brown Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Brown paid an average of $1,851 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$59,254	$59,254
Fees	$1,109	$1,109

Does Brown Offer an Online Master’s in Security Science and Technology?

Brown does not offer an online option for its security science and technology master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Brown Online Learning page.

Brown Master’s Student Diversity for Security Science and Technology

There were 22 master’s degrees in security science and technology awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 22.7% of the security science and technology students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 57.9%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 22.7% of the security science and technology master’s degrees at Brown in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 40%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	12
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Master’s in Security Science and Technology Focus Areas at Brown

Security Science and Technology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy	22

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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.