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

8 Ranked Colleges
266 Degrees Awarded
$14,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in homeland security. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality homeland security programs that also have a lower cost than 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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree homeland security students.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security in the Southwest Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Canyon, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students 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 $12,761 for southwest region bachelor’s degree homeland security students per year to attend West Texas A&M University.

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#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the #2 spot on the list. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s homeland security degrees to 160 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grand Canyon University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Grand Canyon University is $21,020 for southwest region bachelor’s degree homeland security students.

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#3

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree homeland security students list, NSU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northeastern State University is $9,994 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American InterContinental University - Online. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Schaumburg, Illinois, this fairly large private for-profit school handed out 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students in 2019-2020.

AIU Online not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for American InterContinental University - Online is $12,585 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. UOPX - Arizona is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s homeland security degrees to qualified students.

UOPX - Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona is $12,944 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students.

Full University of Phoenix - Arizona Homeland Security Report

University of North Texas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. University of North Texas is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 57 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT also took the #2 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNT is $15,086 for southwest region bachelor’s degree homeland security students.

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

Read full report on Homeland Security at UNT

#7

Angelo State University

San Angelo, Texas

Angelo State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in San Angelo, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Angelo State, the school also landed 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 $13,819 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students.

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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 ranking. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s homeland security degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree homeland security students list, TSU has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,430 for southwest region bachelor’s degree homeland security students per year to attend Texas Southern University.

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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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