2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great homeland security programs and cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Vallue Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Saint Louis University is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 1 masters’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Louis University are $22,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security (Income Over $110k)

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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