2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in California

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 2,511 people earned their degree in homeland security, making the major the 265th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 160 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 56 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality homeland security programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the homeland security program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california bachelor’s degree homeland security students.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security in California

#1

National University

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, National University landed the #1 spot on the list. National University is a private not-for-profit institution located in La Jolla, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

National University also made our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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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