Justice and Safety Careers
Through our unique degree programs you will be prepared to enter a variety of careers and the financial benefits of higher education are well documented.
- Assets Protection
Assets Protection graduates have been employed by many different companies and government agencies, including leading retailers and manufacturers, financial institutions, hotels and resorts, hospitals, insurance corporations, and agencies at the federal, state and local levels.
Sample of careers available with this degree:
- Security director
- Assets protection manager
- Risk manager
- Loss control or safety manager
- Correctional and Juvenile Justice Studies
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Graduates from the department of Correctional and Juvenile Justice Studies pursue careers at all levels of government and in the private sector. They work in settings such as, courts, adult correctional institutions, juvenile facilities, community centers, and probation and parole offices.
Sample of careers available with this degree:
- Warden or correctional administrator with the Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Probation or parole officer for adults and juveniles
- Caseworker or counselor
- Substance abuse specialist
- Correctional trainer or researcher
- Detention and security officer with U.S. Marshals or Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice majors may find employment in all facets of the criminal justice system including public and private policing, community and institutional corrections, the court subsystem, criminal justice research and planning, crime prevention, and victim-based programs.
Sample of careers available with this degree:
- Officers with federal agencies like: U.S. Secret Service, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, F.B.I., U.S. Border Patrol, Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Marshals
- Crime policy analyst
- Family service counselor
- Attorney or judge (require additional law degree)
- College professor (requires advanced degree)
- Emergency Medical Care
Emergency Medical Care graduates are qualified to function as field paramedics in a variety of locations and positions.
Sample of careers available with this degree:
- Paramedic
- EMS supervisor/administrator
- Flight paramedic
- Emergency Medical Technician
- Fire and Safety Engineering Technology
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Fire and Safety Engineering Technology graduates qualify for careers in a wide range of professions.
Sample of careers available with this degree:
- Safety manager for industrial/manufacturing companies
- OSHA compliance manager
- Risk manager for government or private sector
- Loss control supervisor
- Firefighter, fire investigator, chief or marshal
- Fire and building code enforcement officers
- Environmental and safety officer
- Homeland Security
The demand for employees with knowledge and experience in the security and emergency management fields is high and only increasing. Consequently, the employment prospects for students who graduate with a degree in Homeland Security are very good.
Sample of careers available with this degree:
- Security director in private businesses
- Emergency management
- Safety management
- Intelligence analysis
- Officers with federal agencies such as the FBI, Secret Service, DEA, Air Marshals, customs and border patrol.
- Police Studies
Graduates of the Police Studies program have been employed by local, state and federal agencies.
Sample of careers available with this degree:
- State and local law enforcement officers and sheriff’s deputies
- School resource officer
- Park ranger
- Officers with federal agencies like
- U.S. Secret Service
- Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
- F.B.I
- Uniformed Officers with Customs and Border Protection
- Special Agents for Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Transportation Security Administration
- U.S. Marshals Service
