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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Infrastructure Protection (Income $30-$48k)

5 Ranked Colleges
621 Degrees Awarded
$26,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master's For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,006 people earned their degree in critical infrastructure protection, making the major the 478th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 621 critical infrastructure protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in critical infrastructure protection. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality critical infrastructure protection programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the critical infrastructure protection program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Infrastructure Protection (Income $30-$48k)

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a public institution located in Tampa, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 114 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Critical Infrastructure Protection Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Critical Infrastructure Protection at University of South Florida - Main Campus

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 95 diplomas to qualified masters’s critical infrastructure protection students in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Critical Infrastructure Protection Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824.

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#3

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #3 spot on the list. GMU is a large public school situated in Fairfax, Virginia. It awarded 2 masters’s critical infrastructure protection degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Critical Infrastructure Protection Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Mason University are $37,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Utica College

Utica, New York
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Utica College landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Utica, New York, and it awarded 167 masters’s critical infrastructure protection degrees in 2019-2020.

Utica College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Critical Infrastructure Protection Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Utica College are $22,030, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, New Hampshire
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern New Hampshire University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k. Southern New Hampshire University is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 104 masters’s critical infrastructure protection degrees to qualified students.

SNHU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Critical Infrastructure Protection Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern New Hampshire University are $18,810.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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