2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k
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In 2019-2020, 6,303 people earned their degree in homeland security, making the major the 130th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, homeland security graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,439 and had an average of $30,424 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 679 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,514 and $29,212 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 32 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in homeland security. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent homeland security programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the homeland security program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.
Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Homeland Security (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Austin Community College District is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 3 associates’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.
Austin Community College District also took the #2 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $3,134 for southwest region associate degree homeland security students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Austin Community College District.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Dona Ana landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this medium-sized public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified associates’s homeland security students in 2019-2020.
NMSU Dona Ana did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $4,942 for southwest region associate degree homeland security students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend New Mexico State University - Dona Ana.
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona Western College landed the #3 spot on the list. AWC is a medium-sized school located in Yuma, Arizona that handed out 17 associates’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.
AWC also made our “Best Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $9,734 for southwest region associate degree homeland security students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Arizona Western College.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rose State College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Midwest City, Oklahoma, this medium-sized public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s homeland security students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at RSC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rose State College is $7,854 for southwest region associate degree homeland security students whose families make $0-$30k.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American InterContinental University - Online. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Schaumburg, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s homeland security degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
AIU Online did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,377 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Homeland Security students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend AIU Online.
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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%.
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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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