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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
266 Degrees Awarded
$18,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Homeland Security is the 130th most popular major in the country with 6,303 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

This year’s “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the homeland security program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree homeland security students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. NSU is a medium-sized school located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma that handed out 8 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

NSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Northeastern State University is $15,029 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Northeastern State University

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #2 spot on the list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s homeland security degrees to 57 students in 2019-2020.

UNT also made our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $21,613 for southwest region bachelor’s degree homeland security students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of North Texas.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full UNT Homeland Security Report

#3

Angelo State University

San Angelo, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Angelo State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Angelo State is a fairly large school located in San Angelo, Texas that handed out 13 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree homeland security students whose families make $75-$110k list, Angelo State has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Angelo State is $18,535 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Angelo State

#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 160 bachelors’s 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 $23,545 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Grand Canyon University Homeland Security Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Canyon, Texas, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University also made our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $17,324 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend West Texas A&M University.

Read more about Homeland Security at West Texas A&M University

#6 in overall quality

American InterContinental University - Online landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. AIU Online is a private for-profit institution located in Schaumburg, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

AIU Online also made our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for American InterContinental University - Online is $16,662 for southwest region bachelor’s degree homeland security students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full AIU Online Homeland Security Report

With a ranking of #7, University of Phoenix - Arizona did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s homeland security degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UOPX - Arizona, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,013 for southwest region bachelor’s degree homeland security students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UOPX - Arizona.

Full UOPX - Arizona Homeland Security Report

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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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