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2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
266 Degrees Awarded
$12,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 6,303 people earned their degree in homeland security, making the major the 130th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, homeland security graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,439 and had an average of $30,424 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 679 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,514 and $29,212 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 266 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in homeland security. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent homeland security programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the homeland security program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of North Texas is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 57 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of North Texas is $8,521 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Homeland Security at University of North Texas

#2

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern State University landed the #2 spot on the list. NSU is a public institution located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NSU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NSU is $7,614 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Homeland Security at NSU

#3

Angelo State University

San Angelo, Texas

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Angelo State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Angelo State is located in San Angelo, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s homeland security degrees to qualified students.

Angelo State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Angelo State University is $9,799 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Angelo State

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #4 spot on the list. West Texas A&M University is a public institution located in Canyon, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend West Texas A&M University is $8,730 for southwest region bachelor’s degree homeland security students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Grand Canyon University is a large school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 160 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Grand Canyon University is $18,405 for southwest region bachelor’s degree homeland security students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#6 in overall quality

American InterContinental University - Online did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. AIU Online is a fairly large private for-profit school situated in Schaumburg, Illinois. It awarded 16 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at AIU Online, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,377 for southwest region bachelor’s degree homeland security students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend AIU Online.

Read more about Homeland Security at AIU Online

University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. University of Phoenix - Arizona is a large private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 6 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona also took the #7 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UOPX - Arizona is $12,601 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#8

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas
#8 in overall quality

Texas Southern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. TSU is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s homeland security degrees to qualified students.

TSU also took the #8 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Southern University is $19,390 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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