2025 Best Homeland Security Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in homeland security, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #109 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for homeland security students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 91 bachelor's degrees in homeland security to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on homeland security students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of homeland security students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for homeland security to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The homeland security school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Homeland Security Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in homeland security.

Top Connecticut Schools for a Bachelor's in Homeland Security

1

University of New Haven
West Haven, CT

25 Annual Graduates

University of New Haven is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in homeland security. Located in the suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in homeland security from University of New Haven

2

Post University
Waterbury, CT

66 Annual Graduates

$53,772 Median Starting Salary

Post University is a great choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in homeland security. Post University is a very large private for-profit university located in the midsize city of Waterbury.

After graduating, homeland security bachelor's recipients typically earn an average of $53,772 at the beginning of their careers.

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

Best Homeland Security Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	238	0
New Hampshire	157	49
Rhode Island	157	18
Maine	156	3

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Homeland Security Related Rankings by Major

Homeland Security is one of 4 different types of Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting programs to choose from.

Homeland Security Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	91

Most Popular Majors Related to Homeland Security

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections	621
Security Science and Technology	116
Fire Protection	23
Other Homeland Security	1

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.