2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Infrastructure Protection (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,006 people earned their degree in critical infrastructure protection, making the major the 478th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 192 critical infrastructure protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 116 critical infrastructure protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in critical infrastructure protection. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality critical infrastructure protection programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the critical infrastructure protection program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree critical infrastructure protection students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Infrastructure Protection (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of South Florida - Main Campus

Tampa, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$21,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school handed out 114 degrees to qualified masters’s critical infrastructure protection students in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa also made our “Best Critical Infrastructure Protection Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126.

Read more about Critical Infrastructure Protection at University of South Florida - Main Campus

#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fairfax, Virginia, and it awarded 2 masters’s critical infrastructure protection degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Critical Infrastructure Protection Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Critical Infrastructure Protection at George Mason University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Infrastructure Protection (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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