Critical Infrastructure Protection

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting And Related Protective Services

What is it about?

A program focusing on the design, planning and management of systems and procedures for protecting critical national physical and cyber infrastructure from external threats, including terrorism. Includes instruction in homeland security policy, critical infrastructure policy, information security, matrix vulnerability assessment, threat assessment, physical security, personnel security, operational security, contingency planning, case analyses of specific industries and systems, redundancy planning, emergency and disaster planning, security systems, and intelligence operations.

Numbers at a glance

425th
Popular nationwide
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Search Rank on O's List
4
Colleges offer it
165
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
129
Women
36

Trends

Graduates
Popularity Rank

Colleges

Number of Colleges by Type
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Number of Colleges by Size
Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates
George Mason University41
Average public university graduating class: 41 students.
Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates
Utica College118
Excelsior College5
Johnson & Wales University-Providence1
Average private university graduating class: 41 students.

O's Insights on Critical Infrastructure Protection

  • Major has been increasing in popularity over the last 5 years after being stable prior to that.
  • 25% of graduates come from public universities.

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Major Graduates Colleges
Homeland Security 788 27