2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Infrastructure Protection

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Critical Infrastructure Protection is the 478th most popular major in the country with 1,006 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the critical infrastructure protection program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Infrastructure Protection

#1

Utica College

Utica, New York

#2 in overall quality

$22,030 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utica College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s list. Utica College is located in Utica, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 167 masters’s critical infrastructure protection degrees to qualified students.

Utica College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Critical Infrastructure Protection Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Utica College are $22,030, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Critical Infrastructure Protection at Utica College

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 95 degrees to qualified masters’s critical infrastructure protection students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GWU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Critical Infrastructure Protection Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Critical Infrastructure Protection at George Washington University

#3

University of South Florida - Main Campus

Tampa, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$21,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #3 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 also made our “Best Critical Infrastructure Protection Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full USF Tampa Critical Infrastructure Protection Report

#4

Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, New Hampshire

#4 in overall quality

$18,810 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern New Hampshire University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools for a Master’s. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 104 degrees to qualified masters’s critical infrastructure protection students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SNHU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Critical Infrastructure Protection Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern New Hampshire University are $18,810, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Critical Infrastructure Protection at Southern New Hampshire University

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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