by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 6,812 people earned their degree in homeland security, making the major the 117th most popular in the United States. In , homeland security graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $52,453 and had an average of $29,191 in loans still to pay off.
Across Virginia, there were 156 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,015 and $21,479 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 129 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,755 and $24,761 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Virginia” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in homeland security. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in homeland security.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Virginia” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Virginia”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Management and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Management and Technology is a small private for-profit school situated in Arlington, Virginia. It awarded 7 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2021-2022.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #2 spot on the list. GMU is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 122 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Averett University landed the #3 spot on the list. Averett University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Danville, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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