The purpose of this study is to analyze research trends on security guard education based on papers published in domestic academic journals, KCI-registered journals, KCI-registered journals, and other journals from 2003 to 2022. In order to achieve this research purpose, research methods of literature analysis and statistical analysis were used to search 69 studies related to security guard education published on the search site of the Korea Education and Research Information Service by publication year, inclusion type, research purpose, research subject, and research. Research trends were analyzed by type and data collection method. The specific research results are as follows: First, as a result of analysis by publication year, research on smoke emissions was conducted, and many studies were published, including 7 studies in 2008 and 6 studies in 2017. Second, by recording type, there were 50 KCI registered journals, 14 KCI registered candidates, and 5 other journals. Third, by research purpose, there were 23 improvement plans, 15 development plans, and 11 impact relationship analysis. Fourth, by research object, the order was private security guards, general security guards, literature data, and special security guards. Fifth, by research type, the order was literature research and quantitative research. Sixth, the data collection method was in the order of literature and questionnaire. Based on these results, future research should be conducted with a variety of research topics and research methods, and research on more specialized research subjects should also be actively and continuously conducted.