2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Far Western US Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
International Security is the 548th most popular major in the country with 775 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 115 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 103 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,396 and $49,784 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in international security. That schools that top this list have a program in international security in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Far Western US Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for International Security in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naval Postgraduate School. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Far Western US Region list. Naval Postgraduate School is located in Monterey, California and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 47 masters’s international security degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on International Security at Naval Postgraduate School
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hawaii Pacific University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Far Western US Region list. Hawaii Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Honolulu, Hawaii. It awarded 8 masters’s international security degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Hawaii Pacific University International Security Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in San Diego, California, this large public school handed out 39 diplomas to qualified masters’s international security students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on International Security at San Diego State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - San Bernardino. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Far Western US Region list. This fairly large school is located in San Bernardino, California, and it awarded 9 masters’s international security degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on International Security at CSUSB
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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.
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