2025 Best Homeland Security Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in homeland security, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #64 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Homeland Security Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 172 master's degrees in homeland security to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to homeland security students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of homeland security students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt homeland security students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized homeland security related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for homeland security students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Homeland Security Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Homeland Security Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Homeland Security in the Far Western US Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for homeland security students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Master's in Homeland Security

1

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK

16 Annual Graduates

University of Alaska Fairbanks is a great decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in homeland security. Located in the city of Fairbanks, UAF is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in homeland security from University of Alaska Fairbanks

2

National University
San Diego, CA

43 Annual Graduates

$63,976 Median Starting Salary

National University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in homeland security. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of San Diego.

Students who graduate with their master's from the homeland security program state that they receive average early career earnings of $63,976.

More information about a master’s in homeland security from National University

Best Homeland Security Colleges by State

Explore the best homeland security colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	147
Alaska	52	12

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Rankings in Majors Related to Homeland Security

One of 4 majors within the Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting area of study, Homeland Security has other similar majors worth exploring.

Homeland Security Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Homeland Security	137
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	20
Terrorism & Counterterrorism Operations	15

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections	511
Security Science and Technology	165
Fire Protection	27
Other Homeland Security	15

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.