2025 Best Homeland Security Master's Degree Schools in Virginia

Homeland Security is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #64 most popular master's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for homeland security students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 24 master's degrees in homeland security to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on homeland security students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other homeland security students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for homeland security to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• 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 colleges for homeland security students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Virginia list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Homeland Security in Virginia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in homeland security.

Top Virginia Schools for a Master's in Homeland Security

1

George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

10 Annual Graduates

$138,835 Median Starting Salary

George Mason University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in homeland security. GMU is a very large public university located in the suburb of Fairfax.

Students who graduate with their master's from the homeland security program report average early career earnings of $138,835.

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

2

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

11 Annual Graduates

Liberty University is a wonderful option for students interested in a master's degree in homeland security. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in homeland security from Liberty University

Best Homeland Security Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	225
Alabama	151	235
Louisiana	147	26
South Carolina	146	9
Arkansas	121	24
West Virginia	112	223

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Homeland Security Related Rankings by Major

Homeland Security is one of 4 different types of Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting programs to choose from.

Homeland Security Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Homeland Security	14
Critical Infrastructure Protection	10

Most Popular Majors Related to Homeland Security

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections	545
Security Science and Technology	165
Other Homeland Security	23

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.