by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you are interested in protective services operations, take a look at other closely related fields of study. Below you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
The majors below prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of protective services operations, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental/Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services | 3 | 224 |
| Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations | 3 | 181 |
| Criminalistics and Criminal Science | 2 | 584 |
| Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management | 2 | 2,513 |
| Critical Infrastructure Protection | 2 | 545 |
| Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism | 2 | 2,377 |
| Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy | 2 | 999 |
| Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation | 2 | 324 |
| Geospatial Intelligence | 2 | 53 |
| Homeland Security | 2 | 2,871 |
As a more focused area within Criminal Justice and Corrections, protective services operations connects to the wider programs in that field.
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