Other Homeland Security isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #175 in popularity out of 363 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for other homeland security students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 64 bachelor's degrees in other homeland security during the 2021-2022 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 other homeland security students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of other 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 other 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 other homeland security related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for other 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 Other Homeland Security Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Other Homeland Security in the Great Lakes Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in other homeland security.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Other Homeland Security
It's difficult to beat Tiffin University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in other homeland security. Tiffin University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Tiffin.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the other homeland security program earn an average of $46,145 in the first couple years of their career.
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.
