by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Critical Infrastructure Protection. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Homeland Security is a major offered under the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program of study at University of South Florida - Main Campus. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in homeland security, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at USF Tampa paid an average of $880 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $435 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,350 | $19,048 |
| Fees | $2,078 | $2,078 |
homeland security who receive their master’s degree from USF Tampa make an average of $79,541 a year during the early days of their career. That is 27% higher than the national average of $62,500.
Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the homeland security master’s degree program at USF Tampa. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the USF Tampa Online Learning page.
Women made up around 23.7% of the homeland security students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 31.7%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in homeland security at USF Tampa in 2019-2020, 43.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 31%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 9 |
| Black or African American | 17 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 23 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 56 |
| International Students | 3 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Homeland Security students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Critical Infrastructure Protection | 114 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 32 |
*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.
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