To determine the best degree option, you must consider your ultimate career goals.
A homeland security-specific curriculum can provide dedicated coursework in national security, terrorism, and intelligence.
However, our criminal justice curriculum contains many topics you may find in a homeland security curriculum, including criminology, corrections, evidence forensics, civil liability in public safety, criminal investigation, and much more. A degree in criminal justice can potentially translate to a wider variety of job opportunities as well as more pathways to advanced education in the future.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics 2023 / Occupational Outlook Handbook 2022. BLS estimates do not represent entry-level wages and/or salaries. Multiple factors, including prior experience, age, geography market in which you want to work and degree field, will affect career outcomes and earnings. Herzing neither represents that its graduates will earn the average salaries calculated by BLS for a particular job nor guarantees that graduation from its program will result in a job, promotion, salary increase or other career growth.