2025 Best Homeland Security Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

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.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Homeland Security Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 93 master's degrees in homeland security during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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 schools 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 Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Master's in Homeland Security

1

Nichols College
Dudley, MA

20 Annual Graduates

Nichols College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in homeland security. Located in the large suburb of Dudley, Nichols is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a master’s in homeland security from Nichols College

2

Endicott College
Beverly, MA

11 Annual Graduates

$67,077 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Endicott College if you want to pursue a master's degree in homeland security. Endicott is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Beverly.

Students who graduate with their master's from the homeland security program report average early career wages of $67,077.

More information about a master’s in homeland security from Endicott College

Best Homeland Security Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Rhode Island	127	0
New Hampshire	108	227
Vermont	91	3

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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
Other Homeland Security	45
Homeland Security	26
Terrorism & Counterterrorism Operations	20
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	2

Most Popular Majors Related to Homeland Security

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections	490
Other Homeland Security	17
Security Science and Technology	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.