2025 Best Homeland Security Schools in the Plains States Region

A degree in homeland security is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #258 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Homeland Security Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 430 degrees in homeland security annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Homeland Security Schools List

Homeland Security Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Homeland Security Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Homeland Security in the Plains States Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the homeland security degree levels they offer.

Top Plains States Region Schools in Homeland Security

1

Waldorf University
Forest City, IA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

20.0% Growth in Graduates

Waldorf University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in homeland security. Waldorf is a small private for-profit university located in the remote area of Forest City.More information about a degree in homeland security from Waldorf University

2

Wichita State University
Wichita, KS

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

57.1% Growth in Graduates

Wichita State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in homeland security. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in homeland security from Wichita State University

Best Homeland Security Colleges by State

Explore the best homeland security colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	742	0
Iowa	648	29
Kansas	599	17

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Rankings in Majors Related to Homeland Security

Homeland Security is one of 4 different types of Homeland Security programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	337
Terrorism & Counterterrorism Operations	57
Critical Infrastructure Protection	4

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Notes and References

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.