2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

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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 Far Western US region, there were 367 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,100 and $29,895 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 164 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in homeland security. 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 Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security in the Far Western US Region

#1

National University

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

$15,480 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$72,899 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in La Jolla, California. It awarded 41 masters’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

National University also made our “Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at National University are $15,480, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Homeland Security at National University

#2

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$24,287 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #2 spot on the list. Fairbanks, Alaska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s homeland security degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAF, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAF are $24,287, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Alaska Fairbanks 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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