Security is integral in every industry, from aviation to national defense. Agencies worldwide ensure safety in our digital, interconnected world, where risks to personnel, assets and information are constant.
The demand for skilled security agents grows in private defense industries, government agencies and law enforcement. Embry‑Riddle prepares you for careers with the FBI, CIA, NSA and more.
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Fast Facts
Area of Study: Security
Campus Availability: Daytona Beach, Florida | Prescott, Arizona | Worldwide
Degree Level: Undergraduate | Graduate
Career Outcomes: Cybersecurity Specialist, FBI Agent, Information Security Analyst
Credit Hours: 120-125 for B.S. | 30-36 for M.S.
Learning Modality: In-Person (Daytona Beach and Prescott), Online (Worldwide)
Protect Critical Infrastructure
At Embry‑Riddle, you’ll gain expertise in operations and intelligence through practical experience. With backgrounds in corporate and government institutions, our faculty equips you with the skills needed to address complex security challenges. Our programs focus on developing comprehensive security management techniques used globally. As a graduate, you will be ready to lead in global security and intelligence, ensuring a safer future.
On-Campus and Online Security Programs
Our residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, along with our Online & Worldwide Campus, offer a variety of security-centric undergraduate programs. Each of these programs will set you on a path to success and fulfillment.
Bachelor's Degrees
Acquire the knowledge and skills to become a leader in intelligence, security and law enforcement. Choose one of three tracks: Chinese and Asian Studies, Intelligence or Security Management.
Engage with a broad range of national security and intelligence disciplines ranging from public safety, asymmetrical warfare studies, homeland security enterprise, emergency management and intelligence analysis.
Prepare to influence global conflict resolution. This program provides you a historical study of world conflicts and an in-depth review of conflict management policies and processes.
Gain the knowledge, skills and abilities to be successful throughout the homeland security enterprise online and on your time.
Master's Degrees
Sharpen your acuity in risk assessment, security architecture, software development security and more as you prepare for a career in safeguarding critical digital assets.
Gain practical skills in strategic analysis, global understanding and more from expert faculty with experience in security, intelligence and defense sectors. Choose from two areas of concentration: Intelligence or Security.
Key Benefits
Expert Faculty
Expert Faculty
Professors are former corporate security and government agents with professional, academic and global experience to prepare you for success.
On-Campus or Online Modality
On-Campus or Online Modality
With residential campuses in Florida and Arizona and our fully online Worldwide Campus, you choose the learning environment that fits your lifestyle.
Prepare for Your Future
Prepare for Your Future
Receive the training you need to emerge from the program ready to begin your career.
Program Highlights
Among the Best in Research
Participate in capstone projects that apply curriculum to real-world security challenges, including opportunities to work on special projects with the Department of Homeland Security.
Engage With Professionals
Take part in internships and co-ops with public and private sector leaders in global security operations.
Leading Edge Programs
The College of Business, Security and Intelligence is the first college of its kind in the nation.
Securing Our Future
Embry‑Riddle gave me the foundation, but more than that, it taught me how to think ... It’s about understanding not just what’s happening — but why, and what it means for the future.”
Lauren Estrada, B.S. in Global Security and Intelligence Studies (’25)
Program Outcomes
Security and Intelligence curriculum prepares students for careers in security, intelligence and related fields and sets them on a potential path for continued schooling and lifelong learning. Previous students have been hired for both internships and jobs by the U.S. Military, Amazon, The Boeing Company, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Defense and many more.
Alumni Careers:
Background Investigator
Crisis Specialist
Cybersecurity Specialist
Financial Fraud Investigator
Industrial Security Analyst
Investigative Specialist
Lead Forensic Accountant
Platoon Leader
Financing Your Future
When it comes to educational funding, you have options at Embry‑Riddle. Don’t let the cost of attending deter you from advancing your education and your career.
Our dedicated counselors can advise you on ways to help finance your future and focus on your studies. You can be assured that an investment in Embry‑Riddle is a wise one.
Embry‑Riddle gave me the foundation, but more than that, it taught me how to think ... It’s about understanding not just what’s happening — but why, and what it means for the future.” Lauren Estrada, B.S. in Global Security and Intelligence Studies (’25)
