2025 Best Homeland Security Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

Homeland Security is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #109 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of homeland security. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 106 bachelor's degrees in homeland security during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to homeland security students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other homeland security students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt homeland security students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized homeland security related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for homeland security students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Homeland Security Schools

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 Homeland Security Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Homeland Security in New Jersey

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in homeland security.

Top New Jersey Schools for a Bachelor's in Homeland Security

1

Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ

38 Annual Graduates

$43,002 Median Starting Salary

Rowan University is a great decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in homeland security. Rowan is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Glassboro.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the homeland security program state that they receive average early career wages of $43,002.

More information about a bachelor’s in homeland security from Rowan University

2

New Jersey City University
Jersey City, NJ

44 Annual Graduates

$39,624 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat New Jersey City University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in homeland security. Located in the large city of Jersey City, NJCU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the homeland security program make around $39,624 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in homeland security from New Jersey City University

Best Homeland Security Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Homeland Security Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	275	447
Pennsylvania	274	120
District of Columbia	126	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Homeland Security

One of 4 majors within the Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting area of study, Homeland Security has other similar majors worth exploring.

Homeland Security Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Homeland Security	44
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	38
Homeland Security	24

Majors Similar to Homeland Security

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections	1,466
Other Homeland Security	25
Fire Protection	21
Security Science and Technology	19

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.