2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Homeland Security is the 258th most popular major in the country with 3,012 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 230 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security in the Southwest Region

1

American InterContinental University - Online
Schaumburg, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American InterContinental University - Online. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southwest Region. American InterContinental University - Online is a fairly large school located in Schaumburg, Illinois that handed out 114 masters’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Homeland Security at AIU Online

2

Angelo State University
San Angelo, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Angelo State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southwest Region list. Angelo State is a fairly large public school situated in San Angelo, Texas. It awarded 21 masters’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Angelo State University Homeland Security Report

3

Sul Ross State University
Alpine, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sul Ross State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Sul Ross State University is a public institution located in Alpine, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Sul Ross State University Homeland Security Report

4

Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southwest Region. SHSU is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 15 masters’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Homeland Security at SHSU

5

The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #5 spot on the list. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s homeland security degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Homeland Security at UTEP

6

Texas A & M University - Central Texas
Killeen, Texas

With a ranking of #6, Texas A & M University - Central Texas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Killeen, Texas, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s homeland security students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Texas A & M University - Central Texas

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security

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

• *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.