2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region
14
Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$26,600
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,012 people earned their degree in homeland security, making the major the 258th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 897 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 636 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in homeland security. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their homeland security program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree homeland security students.
Top 14 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 62 degrees to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Homeland Security at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Charles Town, West Virginia, and it awarded 353 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.
Read more about Homeland Security at American Public University System
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Campbell University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region list. Buies Creek, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s homeland security degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
Read full report on Homeland Security at Campbell University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region list. Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 59 bachelors’s homeland security degrees to qualified students.
Full Eastern Kentucky University Homeland Security Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Management and Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Arlington, Virginia, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Homeland Security at University of Management and Technology
Florida Institute of Technology - Online came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Florida Institute of Technology - Online is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Melbourne, Florida. It awarded 6 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Homeland Security at Florida Institute of Technology - Online
Columbia Southern University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Orange Beach, Alabama, and it awarded 66 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Homeland Security at Columbia Southern University
With a ranking of #8, Anderson University South Carolina did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Anderson, South Carolina, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Anderson University South Carolina Homeland Security Report
Elizabeth City State University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region list. Elizabeth City State University is located in Elizabeth City, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s homeland security degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Homeland Security at ECSU
With a ranking of #10, Mercer University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region list. Mercer University is a medium-sized school located in Macon, Georgia that handed out 8 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Full Mercer Homeland Security Report
Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students in 2020-2021.
Full Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale Homeland Security Report
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #12. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide is a fairly large school located in Daytona Beach, Florida that handed out 10 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
Read more about Homeland Security at Embry-Riddle Worldwide
Georgia Military College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Georgia Military College is a medium-sized school located in Milledgeville, Georgia that handed out 21 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Homeland Security at Georgia Military College
Saint Leo University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #13. St. Leo University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Leo, Florida. It awarded 0 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Homeland Security at Saint Leo University
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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