Best First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Worker, All Other programs in Pennsylvania, ranked by enrollment
All protective service supervisors not listed separately.
6 schools in Pennsylvania run programs that feed this job, graduating 39 people a year. The job pays a median of $63,150 in Pennsylvania across about 980 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Pennsylvania that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
2 programs in Pennsylvania that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Pennsylvania (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 Pennsylvania page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 43.0404In Pennsylvania → | 32 | 82.1% | 5 | $40,889 | $25,000 |
| 2 | CIP 43.0112In Pennsylvania → | 7 | 17.9% | 1 | $37,408 | $24,069 |
Top 6 schools in Pennsylvania
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 1 of the 6 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delaware County Community College Media, PA Public · 1 feeder programs | 12 | Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy | — | 24% | — | — |
| 2 | Valley Forge Military College Wayne, PA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 9 | Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy | — | 96% | $21,011 | — |
| 3 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA Public · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Securities Services Administration/Management | — | 66% | — | 71% |
| 4 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA Public · 1 feeder programs | 5 | Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy | — | 54% | — | 91% |
| 5 | YTI Career Institute - York York, PA Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 4 | Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy | — | 45% | $17,792 | — |
| 6 | Robert Morris University Moon Township, PA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy | $69,872 | 66% | $24,175 | 90% |
All 6 schools in Pennsylvania
Every school in Pennsylvania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware County Community College | Media | Public | 12 | 1 |
| Valley Forge Military College | Wayne | Private not-for-profit | 9 | 1 |
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | Slippery Rock | Public | 7 | 1 |
| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | Kutztown | Public | 5 | 1 |
| YTI Career Institute - York | York | Private for-profit | 4 | 1 |
| Robert Morris University | Moon Township | Private not-for-profit | 2 | 1 |
What first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other earn in Pennsylvania
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $76,400. Pennsylvania pays below the national figure.
Concentrated here: Pennsylvania employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
Metro areas in Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania.
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 Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy, which awarded 32 degrees in Pennsylvania in 2024-25, 82.1% 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 Security Science and Technology, Criminal Justice and Corrections. Together they graduate about 39 people a year in Pennsylvania.
How much do first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other earn in Pennsylvania?+
The median is $63,150 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 17.3% below 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 Pennsylvania?+
6 institutions in Pennsylvania 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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