2026 Best Value Strategic Intelligence Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
[Strategic Intelligence](/majors/military-technologies-sciences/intelligence-command-control-ops/strategic-intelligence/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for strategic intelligence students.
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2026 Best Value Strategic Intelligence Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in strategic intelligence, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Strategic Intelligence Schools
For return on investment in strategic intelligence, no school beat Johns Hopkins University this year. Johns Hopkins University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore. In-state tuition and fees average $64,730. Students borrow a median of $13,426 to complete the strategic intelligence program here. Early-career strategic intelligence graduates make about $84,850. Set against $13,426 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. Roughly 6% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
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