2023 Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 7,140 people earned their degree in homeland security, making the major the 117th most popular in the United States. 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 the New England region, there were 445 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,084 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 115 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in homeland security. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great homeland security programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the homeland security program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying homeland security.
Top 3 Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New England College landed the #1 spot on the list. Henniker, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s homeland security degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
NEC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 4,483 students enrolled at New England College, 98 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 69 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,975. During this same period, 10 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Post University landed the #2 spot on the list. Waterbury, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s homeland security degrees to 41 students in 2020-2021.
Post University also made our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 1,029 of the 13,844 students enrolled at Post University were GI Bill® students, of which 736 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,975. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s. Johnson & Wales University - Providence is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 18 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
JWU Providence did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 5,676 students enrolled at Johnson & Wales University - Providence, 265 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 175 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,319. To help with additional expenses, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Johnson & Wales University - Providence does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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