2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Homeland Security for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$59,818
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Homeland Security for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Minnesota, there were 59 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,275 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality homeland security programs as well as strong veteran support.
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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Homeland Security for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Homeland Security for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Homeland Security for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Minnesota
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Homeland Security for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #1 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s homeland security degrees to 30 students in 2020-2021.
Capella University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 2,589 of the 38,930 students enrolled at Capella University were GI Bill® students, of which 1,685 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,867. To help with additional expenses, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Capella University offers 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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