2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
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Homeland Security is the 265th most popular major in the country with 2,511 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southeast region, there were 859 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 628 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in homeland security. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality homeland security 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 homeland security 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 Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security in the Southeast Region
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #1 spot on the list. American Public University System is a large school located in Charles Town, West Virginia that handed out 327 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.
American Military University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for American Military University is $10,222 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Embry-Riddle Worldwide, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Embry-Riddle Worldwide is $20,333 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Eastern Kentucky University is a fairly large public school situated in Richmond, Kentucky. It awarded 54 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.
Eastern also made our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern Kentucky University is $14,149 for southeast region bachelor’s degree homeland security students.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students in 2019-2020.
Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is $33,428 for southeast region bachelor’s degree homeland security students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Anderson University South Carolina. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Anderson University South Carolina is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Anderson, South Carolina. It awarded 3 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Anderson University South Carolina, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $21,756 for southeast region bachelor’s degree homeland security students per year to attend Anderson University South Carolina.
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Mercer University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Macon, Georgia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students in 2019-2020.
Mercer also took the #3 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $21,464 for southeast region bachelor’s degree homeland security students per year to attend Mercer University.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Columbia Southern University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Orange Beach, Alabama, and it awarded 75 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.
Columbia Southern University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $10,368 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students per year to attend Columbia Southern University.
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Daytona Beach, Florida. It awarded 69 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.
Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach is $34,296 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Homeland Security at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach
Campbell University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Campbell University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Buies Creek, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Campbell, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Campbell University is $24,544 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students.
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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%.
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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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