by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Virginia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Homeland Security is the 117th most popular major in the country with 6,812 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,140 and $42,203 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Virginia” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in homeland security. That schools that top this list have a program in homeland security in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Virginia” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia master’s degree homeland security students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Management and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Virginia. Located in Arlington, Virginia, this small private for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s homeland security students in 2021-2022.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, ECPI University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this fairly large private for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s homeland security students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #3 spot on the list. George Mason University is located in Fairfax, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s homeland security degrees to qualified students.
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%.
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