Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting is a program of study at Sacred Heart University. 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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Rankings for the Sacred Heart Bachelor’s in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
#166in the U.S
#3in Connecticut
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. Sacred Heart was ranked #166 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #3 in Connecticut.
Here are some of the other rankings for Sacred Heart.
How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting from Sacred Heart Cost?
$44,350Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
Sacred Heart Undergraduate Tuition and Fees
Part-time undergraduates at Sacred Heart paid an average of $650 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students.
The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
Does Sacred Heart Offer an Online Bachelor’s in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting?
Online degrees for the Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart Online Learning page.
Sacred Heart Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
43Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
41.9%Women
30.2%Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 43 students received their bachelor’s degree in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.
Male-to-Female Ratio
Women made up around 41.9% 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%.
Racial-Ethnic Diversity
Around 30.2% of homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting bachelor’s degree recipients at Sacred Heart in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.
This is lower than the nationwide number of 47%.
Race/Ethnicity
Number of Students
Asian
0
Black or African American
3
Hispanic or Latino
8
Native American or Alaska Native
0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
0
White
28
International Students
0
Other Races/Ethnicities
4
Bachelor’s in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Focus Areas at Sacred Heart
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.
by our College Data Analytics Team
