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2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

2 Ranked Colleges
32 Degrees Awarded
$15,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Plains States region, there were 678 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,300 and $30,066 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree homeland security students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Capella University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Capella University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Capella University

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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