2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Terrorism & Counterterrorism Operations
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Terrorism & Counterterrorism Operations is the 1050th most popular major in the country with 198 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 52 terrorism & counterterrorism operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,431 and $15,731 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations Major” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in terrorism & counterterrorism operations. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in terrorism & counterterrorism operations.
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The terrorism and counterterrorism operations 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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations Major”.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree terrorism and counterterrorism operations students.
Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Terrorism & Counterterrorism Operations
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations Major that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #1 spot on the list. Charles Town, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s terrorism and counterterrorism operations degrees to 52 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Terrorism & Counterterrorism Operations at American Military University
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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).
- 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.
- 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.
