2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$48,932
Avg Salary
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Homeland Security is the 214th most popular major in the country with 1,695 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other homeland security graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,334 and had an average of $23,244 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 12 other homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,932 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 other homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other homeland security programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the other homeland security program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 the Southwest Region for Other Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college 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. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying other homeland security.
Top 1 Best Other Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s other homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU-OKC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Among the 4,949 students enrolled at Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City, 54 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 77 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,563. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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