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2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
108 Degrees Awarded
$17,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 262 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,500 and $23,021 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 108 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in homeland security. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality homeland security programs that also have a lower cost than 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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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 Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” 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 Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Union Institute & University

Cincinnati, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Union Institute & University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Union is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 51 bachelors’s homeland security degrees to qualified students.

Union also made our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Union Institute & University is $16,585 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree homeland security students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Union

#2

Herzing University - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Herzing University - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Herzing University - Madison, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $24,205 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students per year to attend Herzing University - Madison.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Herzing University - Madison

#3

Lake Superior State University

Sault Ste Marie, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lake Superior State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, this small public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students in 2019-2020.

Lake Superior State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $12,398 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students per year to attend Lake Superior State University.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Lake Superior State University

#4

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland University landed the #4 spot on the list. Rochester Hills, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s homeland security degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Oakland not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Oakland is $11,802 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students.

Read more about Homeland Security at Oakland

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Akron, Ohio, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus also made our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for University of Akron Main Campus is $17,792 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students.

Full University of Akron Main Campus Homeland Security Report

#6

University of Indianapolis

Indianapolis, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

University of Indianapolis came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

UIndy did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Indianapolis is $20,512 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree homeland security students.

Read more about Homeland Security at University of Indianapolis

#7 in overall quality

Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Fort-Wayne, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students in 2019-2020.

Indiana Tech - CPS also took the #7 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $16,269 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree homeland security students per year to attend Indiana Tech - CPS.

Full Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies 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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