2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in the New England Region” 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 New England region, there were 332 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $32,572 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 210 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security in the New England Region

#1

Endicott College

Beverly, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$12,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Endicott College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. This small school is located in Beverly, Massachusetts, and it awarded 20 masters’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

Endicott not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Endicott are $12,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Homeland Security at Endicott College

#2

Nichols College

Dudley, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$1,558 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nichols College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Located in Dudley, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s homeland security students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Nichols, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Nichols are $1,558.

Read more about Homeland Security at Nichols College

#3

Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, New Hampshire

#2 in overall quality

$18,810 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern New Hampshire University landed the #3 spot on the list. Southern New Hampshire University is a large school located in Manchester, New Hampshire that handed out 104 masters’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

SNHU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SNHU are $18,810, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Homeland Security at SNHU

#4

Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network

Boston, Massachusetts

#4 in overall quality

$24,938 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$66,171 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network landed the #4 spot on the list. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a fairly large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 69 masters’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network also made our “Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network are $24,938, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network 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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