2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 262 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,500 and $23,021 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great homeland security programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the homeland security program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Aurora University

Aurora, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$13,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Aurora University landed the #1 spot on the list. Aurora is a private not-for-profit institution located in Aurora, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Aurora also took the #1 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Aurora University are $13,200, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Homeland Security at Aurora

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security (Income Over $110k)

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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