Best First-Line Supervisors of Security Worker programs in Florida, ranked by enrollment
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of security workers and security.
11 schools in Florida run programs that feed this job, graduating 302 people a year. The job pays a median of $47,140 in Florida across about 6,560 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Florida that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
3 programs in Florida that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Florida (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Florida page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 43.0112In Florida → | 116 | 38.4% | 4 | $37,408 | $24,069 |
| 2 | CIP 43.0109In Florida → | 100 | 33.1% | 2 | $37,408 | $24,069 |
| 3 | Homeland Security, Othermain feeder CIP 43.0399In Florida → | 86 | 28.5% | 6 | $46,281 | $23,250 |
Top 11 schools in Florida
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 5 of the 11 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami Dade College Miami, FL Public · 2 feeder programs | 112 | Securities Services Administration/Management | $34,209 | 46% | — | — |
| 2 | Hillsborough College Tampa, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 79 | Security and Loss Prevention Services | $62,249 | 34% | — | — |
| 3 | Palm Beach State College Lake Worth, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 32 | Homeland Security, Other | — | 41% | — | — |
| 4 | Lake Technical College Eustis, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 27 | Homeland Security, Other | — | 47% | — | — |
| 5 | Valencia College Orlando, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 17 | Securities Services Administration/Management | $33,246 | 48% | — | — |
| 6 | Embry - Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide Daytona Beach, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 11 | Homeland Security, Other | $48,676 | 21% | $21,266 | 58% |
| 7 | Orange Technical College Orlando, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Homeland Security, Other | — | 79% | — | — |
| 8 | Seminole State College of Florida Sanford, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Securities Services Administration/Management | $36,589 | 41% | — | — |
| 9 | South Florida State College Avon Park, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Homeland Security, Other | — | 48% | — | — |
| 10 | Big Bend Technical College Perry, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Homeland Security, Other | — | 98% | — | — |
| 11 | St Petersburg College St. Petersburg, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Securities Services Administration/Management | — | 38% | — | — |
All 11 schools in Florida
Every school in Florida with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dade College | Miami | Public | 112 | 2 |
| Hillsborough College | Tampa | Public | 79 | 1 |
| Palm Beach State College | Lake Worth | Public | 32 | 1 |
| Lake Technical College | Eustis | Public | 27 | 1 |
| Valencia College | Orlando | Public | 17 | 1 |
| Embry - Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide | Daytona Beach | Private not-for-profit | 11 | 1 |
| Orange Technical College | Orlando | Public | 7 | 1 |
| Seminole State College of Florida | Sanford | Public | 7 | 1 |
| South Florida State College | Avon Park | Public | 7 | 1 |
| Big Bend Technical College | Perry | Public | 2 | 1 |
| St Petersburg College | St. Petersburg | Public | 1 | 1 |
What first-line supervisors of security workers earn in Florida
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $55,940. Florida pays below the national figure.
Concentrated here: Florida employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
Metro areas in Florida
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers page.
How to become a First-Line Supervisors of Security Worker
Job zone 2 of 5 · SVP Below 6.0- Typical entry education
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Work experience needed
- Less than 5 years
Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.
Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Florida
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 5 majors mapped to First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers5 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 43.0109Security and Loss Prevention Services
- 43.0112Securities Services Administration/Management
- 43.0399Homeland Security, Other
- 43.0401Security Science and Technology, General
- 43.0499Security Science and Technology, Other
Common questions
Answers for people weighing first-line supervisors of security workers programs in Florida.
What degree do you need to become a First-Line Supervisors of Security Worker?+
High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Securities Services Administration/Management, which awarded 116 degrees in Florida in 2024-25, 38.4% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a First-Line Supervisors of Security Worker?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 3 programs to this occupation. The largest are Criminal Justice and Corrections, Homeland Security. Together they graduate about 302 people a year in Florida.
How much do first-line supervisors of security workers earn in Florida?+
The median is $47,140 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 15.7% below the U.S. median of $55,940. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for first-line supervisors of security workers growing?+
BLS projects a +2.7% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 7,000 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Florida?+
11 institutions in Florida reported graduates from at least one of the 3 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do first-line supervisors of security workers work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Shift Supervisor, Security Director, Security Supervisor, Security Shift Supervisor among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 33-1091.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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