Security & criminal justice

Homeland Security

Nichols College · Dudley, MA

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$40,375Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Annual credentials awarded7Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Master's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$49,292
Same subject · national$61,516
Security & criminal justice · national$47,992

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · master's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $40,452–$51,940.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Master's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
Carlow UniversitySecurity Science and Technology$52,941
Loyola University New OrleansCriminal Justice and Corrections$58,221
Utica UniversityHomeland Security, Security Science and Technology$78,455
Trine UniversityCriminal Justice and Corrections$34,348
Niagara UniversityCriminal Justice and Corrections$40,813
Monmouth UniversityCriminal Justice and Corrections$50,856
Indiana Wesleyan University-MarionCriminal Justice and Corrections$47,729
Marywood UniversityCriminal Justice and Corrections$39,009
Stevenson UniversitySecurity Science and Technology$51,273
Chaminade University of HonoluluCriminal Justice and Corrections$45,026
Arcadia UniversitySecurity Science and Technology$51,607
Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceCriminal Justice and Corrections$39,369
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗