Homeland Security is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #109 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Homeland Security Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 287 bachelor's degrees in homeland security during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on homeland security students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of homeland security students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for homeland security to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized homeland security related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for homeland security students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Homeland Security Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Homeland Security in Arizona
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in homeland security.
Top Arizona Schools for a Bachelor's in Homeland Security
Grand Canyon University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in homeland security. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit university with a very large student population.
Homeland Security bachelor's degree recipients from Grand Canyon University earn a boost of around $17,200 over the typical income of homeland security graduates.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest of our data about colleges.
