2025 Best Homeland Security Schools in North Carolina
3Colleges in North Carolina
156Homeland Security Degrees Awarded
$63,805Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in homeland security is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #117 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Homeland Security Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 156 degrees in homeland security annually.
The homeland security program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Homeland Security rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for homeland security schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The homeland security school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Homeland Security Schools in North Carolina.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Homeland Security in North Carolina
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the homeland security degree levels they offer.
Wayne Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in homeland security. Located in the small city of Goldsboro, Wayne Community College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 62nd out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 38 homeland security students who graduated with this degree at Wayne Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Elizabeth City State University is a great option for students interested in a degree in homeland security. Located in the distant town of Elizabeth City, ECSU is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 87th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 3 homeland security students who graduated with this degree at ECSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Campbell University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in homeland security. Campbell is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the fringe town of Buies Creek. A Best Colleges rank of #1496 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Campbell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 29 homeland security students who graduated with this degree at Campbell in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the homeland security program state that they receive average early career earnings of $40,294.
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).