2022 Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

International Security is the 538th most popular major in the country with 749 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 382 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 317 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in international security. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international security programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the international security program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Security (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, California

#1 in overall quality

$18,658 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. SDSU is a large school located in San Diego, California that handed out 34 masters’s international security degrees in 2019-2020.

SDSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best International Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at San Diego State University are $18,658.

Read more about International Security at San Diego State University

#2

California State University - San Bernardino

San Bernardino, California

$17,936 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - San Bernardino landed the #2 spot on the list. San Bernardino, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s international security degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

CSUSB also took the #0 spot in our “Best International Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - San Bernardino are $17,936, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full California State University - San Bernardino International Security Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Security (Income $0-$30k)

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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