Lake Worth, Florida · Public
Homeland Security at Palm Beach State College
Read the reported program-share signal, school-wide price, and outcome proxy before comparing peer schools in this field. The enrollment proxy is about 156 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
0.7% reported share makes this a small program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 0.7%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~156
- Schools with reported signal
- 223
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- Open / not reported
- Graduation rate
- 41.1%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $9,182/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $36,728
- Median debt
- $7,081
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $41,923/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- A
College Scorecard reports school-wide earnings and price, not per-major outcomes for individual colleges. Program share is a concentration signal, not a promise of department quality. Use it as a proxy, then verify department-level outcomes with the school.
This page stays available for users because the program appears in federal data, but it is not promoted for search indexing while the reported share is below 1%.
Value among peer schools
Compared with 223 schools that report this field.
This page treats cost and earnings as school-wide context, not department-level outcomes. The reported share is below the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is lower than the peer average ($7,885 below), and ten-year median earnings are lower than the peer average ($9,502 below). That combination produces a A value grade and a top 24% ROI position within this field set.
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Peer schools below also report a positive program-share signal and are sorted by value grade.
Middlesex College Edison, NJ · 1.0% reported share · $2,288 net A+ CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY · 1.4% reported share · $3,203 net A+ Indiana University-Kokomo Kokomo, IN · 0.7% reported share · $3,968 net A+ El Paso Community College El Paso, TX · 0.2% reported share · $3,206 net A+ South Florida State College Avon Park, FL · 0.2% reported share · $3,877 net A+ The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX · 0.1% reported share · $4,831 net A+ Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Homeland Security accounts for 0.7% of reported programs at Palm Beach State College, which is bigger than 62% of schools in this field set and below the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 156 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
Palm Beach State College's average net price is $9,182 per year, about $36,728 over four years. That is $7,885 below the $17,067 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $41,923 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $9,502 below the $51,425 average among schools reporting this field, so treat it as an outcomes proxy rather than a department guarantee.
What should I compare next?
Start with program share, net price after aid, graduation rate, location, and whether the department publishes placement or licensure outcomes. EduGradify ranks Palm Beach State College #53 of 223 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.