2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Security in the Southwest Region

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In 2021-2022, 775 people earned their degree in international security, making the major the 548th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 217 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in international security. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in international security.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Security in the Southwest Region

1

Angelo State University
San Angelo, Texas

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Angelo State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Angelo State is located in San Angelo, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s international security degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Angelo State International Security Report

2

The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s international security students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

Full The University of Texas at El Paso International Security Report

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

• *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.

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