2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Homeland Security is the 130th most popular major in the country with 6,303 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Plains States region, there were 678 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,300 and $30,066 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 88 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in homeland security. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality homeland security programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.
Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Louis University is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s homeland security degrees to qualified students.
SLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Capella University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 33 masters’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Capella University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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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