2024 Best Homeland Security Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana

a master's degree in homeland security is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #64 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Homeland Security Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 26 master's degrees in homeland security during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to homeland security students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of homeland security students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt homeland security students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized homeland security related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for homeland security students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Homeland Security Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Homeland Security Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana list, to help you choose the best school for you.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Homeland Security in Louisiana

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in homeland security.

Top Louisiana Schools for a Master's in Homeland Security

1

Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA

7 Annual Graduates

Tulane University of Louisiana is a good decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in homeland security. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in homeland security from Tulane University of Louisiana

2

Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, LA

19 Annual Graduates

Northwestern State University of Louisiana is a great decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in homeland security. Located in the town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in homeland security from Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Best Homeland Security Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Homeland Security Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	225
Virginia	182	11
Alabama	151	235
South Carolina	146	9
Arkansas	121	24
West Virginia	112	223

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Rankings in Majors Related to Homeland Security

One of 4 majors within the Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting area of study, Homeland Security has other similar majors worth exploring.

Homeland Security Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Homeland Security	19
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	7

Majors Similar to Homeland Security

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections	201
Other Homeland Security	31

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.