2025 Best International Security Schools in the Southeast Region
3Colleges in the Southeast Region
142International Security Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in international security, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #548 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best International Security Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 142 degrees in international security annually.
Your choice of international security school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall International Security School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The international security school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best International Security Schools in the Southeast Region.
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Best Schools for International Security in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the international security degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southeast Region Schools in International Security
Liberty University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in international security. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Lynchburg. A Best Colleges rank of #265 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Liberty University is a great university overall.
There were about 76 international security students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent data year.
University of North Georgia is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in international security. UNG is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Dahlonega. This university ranks 33rd out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 18 international security students who graduated with this degree at UNG in the most recent data year.
Fairmont State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in international security. Fairmont State is a small public university located in the town of Fairmont. This university ranks 10th out of 25 colleges for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were about 30 international security students who graduated with this degree at Fairmont State in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of international security school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall International Security School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
