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Bachelor's-4% vs national median852 grads tracked

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services at Southern Oregon University

Ranked 121st of 251 bachelor's programs in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services by 5-year earnings.

Median · 1 year out
$37,540
middle 50%: $27,249 – $50,718
Median · 5 years out
$55,924
middle 50%: $42,104 – $74,811
Median · 10 years out
$70,380
middle 50%: $50,539 – $96,679

Salary trajectory

Median earnings vs the national median for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services (bachelor's) graduates.

This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates

Homeland Security graduates from Southern Oregon University earn a median $38k in their first year. Year 10 median earnings reach $70k.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.

Will the degree pay for itself?

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Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).

Paid off in
7.6 yrs
≈ $8,916 total interest

Same major at other universities

SUNY College of Technology at Canton
$56,529 · 5 yrs out
Minnesota State University Moorhead
$56,495 · 5 yrs out
Pennsylvania State University (The) - Berks
$56,473 · 5 yrs out
SUNY at Fredonia
$56,425 · 5 yrs out
University of North Carolina - Charlotte
$56,331 · 5 yrs out
University of North Texas at Dallas
$56,170 · 5 yrs out
Radford University
$55,853 · 5 yrs out
University of Toledo
$55,668 · 5 yrs out
Indiana Wesleyan University
$55,573 · 5 yrs out
Miami University
$55,464 · 5 yrs out
Indiana Wesleyan University - NGM Building
$55,228 · 5 yrs out
Trine University
$55,078 · 5 yrs out

Other majors at Southern Oregon University

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Master's)
$91,050 · 5 yrs out
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Master's)
$89,177 · 5 yrs out
Visual and Performing Arts (Master's)
$87,528 · 5 yrs out
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Master's)
$84,400 · 5 yrs out
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Master's)
$79,787 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Bachelor's)
$72,134 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)
$71,863 · 5 yrs out
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other (Bachelor's)
$69,154 · 5 yrs out
Physics (Bachelor's)
$66,779 · 5 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)
$63,705 · 5 yrs out
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Bachelor's)
$63,377 · 5 yrs out
Education (Master's)
$62,848 · 5 yrs out

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