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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security in Florida

5 Ranked Colleges
207 Degrees Awarded
$19,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master's in Florida

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 Master’s in Florida” 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 Florida, there were 413 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,880 and $31,230 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 207 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,589 and $45,697 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in Florida” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in Florida” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in Florida

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security in Florida

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in Florida list. Daytona Beach, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s homeland security degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Worldwide did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Embry-Riddle Worldwide are $8,568, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Embry-Riddle Worldwide Homeland Security Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 114 masters’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Homeland Security at USF Tampa

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #3 spot on the list. Florida International University is a large public school situated in Miami, Florida. It awarded 44 masters’s homeland security degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at FIU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at FIU are $24,211, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full FIU Homeland Security Report

#4

Saint Leo University

Saint Leo, Florida
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Leo University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in Florida. Saint Leo University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Leo, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Leo University also made our “Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Leo University are $14,568, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Homeland Security at St. Leo University

#5

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nova Southeastern University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in Florida. Nova Southeastern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NUS Florida, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NUS Florida are $22,242.

Read more about Homeland Security at NUS Florida

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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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