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2023 Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia

1 Ranked Colleges
2 Degrees Awarded
$43,700 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Homeland Security for a Bachelor's

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Homeland Security is the 117th most popular major in the country with 7,140 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, homeland security graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,213 and had an average of $28,747 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 197 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,760 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,584 and $27,317 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality homeland security programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the homeland security program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 1 Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s. GWU is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 2 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.

GWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list.Among the 27,017 students enrolled at GWU, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,185. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at GWU]](/colleges/george-washington-university/student-life/veterans/)

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