If you plan on majoring in homeland security, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #258 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Homeland Security Schools in Texas ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 171 degrees in homeland security to qualified students.
Your choice of homeland security school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Homeland Security School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Homeland Security Schools in Texas list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of homeland security degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Sam Houston State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in homeland security. SHSU is a fairly large public university located in the town of Huntsville. A Best Colleges rank of #565 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means SHSU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 18 homeland security students who graduated with this degree at SHSU in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Angelo State University if you wish to pursue a degree in homeland security. Located in the small city of San Angelo, Angelo State is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 57th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 57 homeland security students who graduated with this degree at Angelo State in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat The University of Texas at El Paso if you wish to pursue a degree in homeland security. UTEP is a fairly large public university located in the large city of El Paso. A Best Colleges rank of #1072 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UTEP is a great university overall.
There were about 14 homeland security students who graduated with this degree at UTEP in the most recent year we have data available.
El Paso Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in homeland security. Located in the city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 70th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.More information about a degree in homeland security from El Paso Community College
Best Homeland Security Colleges in the Southwest Region
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).