2023 Most Popular Colleges for International Security in the Southwest Region

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International Security is the 548th most popular major in the country with 659 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 182 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended International Security Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in international security. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular international security programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended International Security Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region international security students.

Top 4 Most Popular Colleges for International Security in the Southwest Region

1

Angelo State University
San Angelo, Texas

$43,221 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,788 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Angelo State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended International Security Major in the Southwest Region. San Angelo, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s international security degrees to 103 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about International Security at Angelo State University

2

The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas

$44,186 Average Early-Career Earnings

$19,610 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended International Security Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at El Paso is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 38 ’s international security degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

$45,271 Average Early-Career Earnings

$19,843 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended International Security Major in the Southwest Region list. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 25 ’s international security degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on International Security at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

4

Stephen F Austin State University
Nacogdoches, Texas

$37,354 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,390 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephen F Austin State University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended International Security Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified ’s international security students in 2020-2021.

Read more about International Security at SFASU

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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

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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