2025 Best Homeland Security Bachelor's Degree Schools in Missouri

a bachelor's degree in homeland security is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #109 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the best for homeland security students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 46 bachelor's degrees in homeland security to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to homeland security students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other homeland security students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt homeland security students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized homeland security related body.

Our full 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.

More Ways to Rank Homeland Security Schools

The homeland security school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Homeland Security Bachelor's Degree Schools in Missouri.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Homeland Security in Missouri

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for homeland security students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Missouri Schools for a Bachelor's in Homeland Security

1

University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO

21 Annual Graduates

University of Central Missouri is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in homeland security. Located in the distant town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in homeland security from University of Central Missouri

2

Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, MO

15 Annual Graduates

$42,266 Median Starting Salary

Northwest Missouri State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in homeland security. Northwest is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Maryville.

Soon after graduating, homeland security bachelor's recipients usually earn about $42,266 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in homeland security from Northwest Missouri State University

Best Homeland Security Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Homeland Security Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	215	3
Iowa	197	78
Kansas	184	9
Nebraska	180	67
North Dakota	149	18

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Rankings in Majors Related to Homeland Security

One of 4 majors within the Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting area of study, Homeland Security has other similar majors worth exploring.

Homeland Security Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	46

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections	737
Security Science and Technology	16

Notes and References

• 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.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.