2023 Schools Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Georgia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Georgia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 3,012 people earned their degree in homeland security, making the major the 258th most popular in the United States.

Across Georgia, there were 29 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

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Schools Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Georgia

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia homeland security students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Homeland Security in Georgia

1

Georgia Military College
Milledgeville, Georgia

$22,427 Average Early-Career Earnings

$14,244 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Military College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Milledgeville, Georgia, and it awarded 21 ’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Georgia Military College

2

Mercer University
Macon, Georgia

#14 overall quality in Georgia

$51,041 Average Early-Career Earnings

$32,096 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Mercer University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Macon, Georgia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified ’s homeland security students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Homeland Security at Mercer

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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

• *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.