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2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri

5 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$16,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor's in Missouri

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 Bachelor’s in Missouri” 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 Missouri, there were 135 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,200 and $25,151 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,837 and $25,380 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

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 Missouri

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security in Missouri

#1

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri. University of Central Missouri is a medium-sized public school situated in Warrensburg, Missouri. It awarded 18 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

UCM also made our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $13,677 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students per year to attend University of Central Missouri.

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#2

Southeast Missouri State University

Cape Girardeau, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Missouri State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri. Southeast Missouri State University is a public institution located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southeast Missouri State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. It costs about $12,774 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students per year to attend Southeast Missouri State University.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Southeast Missouri State University

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Missouri State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Northwest Missouri State University is a medium-sized school located in Maryville, Missouri that handed out 14 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwest did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. It costs about $12,354 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students per year to attend Northwest.

Read more about Homeland Security at Northwest Missouri State University

#4

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri. Saint Louis University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Louis University is $28,188 for missouri bachelor’s degree homeland security students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full SLU Homeland Security Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri list. Drury University - CCPS is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s homeland security degrees to qualified students.

Drury University - CCPS also took the #5 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies is $13,233 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security students.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Drury University - CCPS

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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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