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2022 Best Vallue Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

5 Ranked Colleges
32 Degrees Awarded
$12,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Vallue Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 5 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

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

#1

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 #1 for the Best Vallue Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Yuma, Arizona is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s homeland security degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

AWC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona Western College is $10,165 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Homeland Security students whose families make more than $110k.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Dona Ana landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 7 associates’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree homeland security students whose families make more than $110k list, NMSU Dona Ana has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NMSU Dona Ana is $5,539 for southwest region associate degree homeland security students whose families make more than $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 #3 for the Best Vallue Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s homeland security students in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $6,861 for southwest region associate degree homeland security students whose families make more than $110k.

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#4

Rose State College

Midwest City, Oklahoma
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rose State College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. RSC is located in Midwest City, Oklahoma and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s homeland security degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree homeland security students whose families make more than $110k list, RSC has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend RSC is $8,632 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Homeland Security students whose families make more than $110k.

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#5 in overall quality

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 Vallue Homeland Security Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. AIU Online is a fairly large school located in Schaumburg, Illinois that handed out 2 associates’s homeland security degrees 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. The yearly cost to attend American InterContinental University - Online is $12,585 for southwest region associate degree homeland security students whose families make more than $110k.

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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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