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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Homeland Security (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
32 Degrees Awarded
$12,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 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 $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in homeland security. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality homeland security programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the homeland security program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree homeland security students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Homeland Security (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Dona Ana. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. New Mexico State University - Dona Ana is a medium-sized public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 7 associates’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Dona Ana, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico State University - Dona Ana is $10,450 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Homeland Security students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and 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. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $11,596 for southwest region associate degree homeland security students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#3

Arizona Western College

Yuma, Arizona
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona Western College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Arizona Western College is a medium-sized public school situated in Yuma, Arizona. It awarded 17 associates’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

AWC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend AWC is $11,228 for southwest region associate degree homeland security students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Homeland Security at Arizona Western College

#4

Rose State College

Midwest City, Oklahoma
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rose State College landed the #4 spot on the list. Midwest City, Oklahoma is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s homeland security degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

RSC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,805 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Homeland Security students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend RSC.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American InterContinental University - Online. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Schaumburg, Illinois, this fairly large private for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s homeland security 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 $16,662 for southwest region associate degree homeland security students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend American InterContinental University - Online.

Read more about Homeland Security at American InterContinental University - 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%.

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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