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by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Homeland Security is the 258th most popular major in the country with 3,012 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 441 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in homeland security. That schools that top this list have a program in homeland security in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The homeland security school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region”.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Upper Iowa University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region. Fayette, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s homeland security degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 14 masters’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region list. Capella University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 1 masters’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
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