Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting is a program of study at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. 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, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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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. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors, Rutgers New Brunswick came in at #25. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in New Jersey.
Here are some of the other rankings for Rutgers New Brunswick.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Rutgers New Brunswick paid an average of $942 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $394 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $12,230 | $29,012 |
Fees | $2,773 | $2,773 |
Books and Supplies | $1,350 | $1,350 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,075 | $13,075 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,574 | $3,574 |
Learn more about Rutgers New Brunswick tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the Rutgers New Brunswick homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Rutgers New Brunswick Online Learning page.
Women made up around 40.4% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 51.3%.
Around 42.7% of homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting bachelor’s degree recipients at Rutgers New Brunswick in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 47%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 13 |
Black or African American | 19 |
Hispanic or Latino | 37 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 93 |
International Students | 5 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 10 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Criminal Justice & Corrections | 178 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.