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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BLS pay estimates calculate the median annual wage for various occupations. Per the BLS the median wage for an occupation is: "The wage at which half of the workers in the occupation earned more than that amount, and half earned less. Median wage data are from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey." Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook 2024. BLS median wage estimates do not represent entry-level wages and/or salaries. Multiple factors, including prior experience, age, geographic market in which you want to work, and degree level and field, will affect career outcomes, including starting salary and earnings as an experienced employee. Herzing neither represents that its graduates will earn the median salaries calculated by BLS for a particular job nor guarantees that graduation from its program will result in a job, promotion, particular wage or salary, or other career growth.
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