Best First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Worker, All Other programs in Kansas, ranked by enrollment
All protective service supervisors not listed separately.
3 schools in Kansas run programs that feed this job, graduating 21 people a year. The job pays a median of $76,920 in Kansas across about 90 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Kansas that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
2 programs in Kansas that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Kansas (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 Kansas page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 43.0112In Kansas → | 18 | 85.7% | 2 | $37,408 | $24,069 |
| 2 | CIP 43.0401In Kansas → | 3 | 14.3% | 1 | $40,889 | $25,000 |
Top 3 schools in Kansas
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 2 of the 3 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southwestern College Winfield, KS Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 16 | Securities Services Administration/Management | $60,820 | 36% | $26,868 | 76% |
| 2 | University of Kansas Lawrence, KS Public · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Security Science and Technology, General | — | 69% | — | 93% |
| 3 | Washburn University Topeka, KS Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Securities Services Administration/Management | $40,052 | 53% | — | — |
All 3 schools in Kansas
Every school in Kansas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern College | Winfield | Private not-for-profit | 16 | 1 |
| University of Kansas | Lawrence | Public | 3 | 1 |
| Washburn University | Topeka | Public | 2 | 1 |
What first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other earn in Kansas
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $76,400. Kansas pays above the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
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 Protective Service Workers, All Other page.
How to become a First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Worker, All Other
- Typical entry education
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Work experience needed
- Less than 5 years
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Kansas
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 5 majors mapped to First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other4 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 43.0112Securities Services Administration/Management
- 43.0123Cultural/Archaelogical Resources Protection(no graduates reported)
- 43.0399Homeland Security, Other
- 43.0401Security Science and Technology, General
- 43.0404Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy
Common questions
Answers for people weighing first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other programs in Kansas.
What degree do you need to become a First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Worker, All Other?+
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 18 degrees in Kansas in 2024-25, 85.7% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Worker, All Other?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Criminal Justice and Corrections, Security Science and Technology. Together they graduate about 21 people a year in Kansas.
How much do first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other earn in Kansas?+
The median is $76,920 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 0.7% above the U.S. median of $76,400. 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 protective service workers, all other growing?+
BLS projects a +1.6% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 2,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Kansas?+
3 institutions in Kansas reported graduates from at least one of the 2 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.
Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+
BLS lists 'Less than 5 years' for related work experience and 'None' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.
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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