by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 7,140 people earned their degree in homeland security, making the major the 117th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, homeland security graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,213 and had an average of $28,747 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 869 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,598 and $26,945 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 247 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 15 colleges that offered a degree in homeland security. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in homeland security.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region”.
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Waldorf University landed the #1 spot on the list. Waldorf University is a small school located in Forest City, Iowa that handed out 75 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas Wesleyan University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region. Kansas Wesleyan University is a small school located in Salina, Kansas that handed out 6 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region list. Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 6 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region. This fairly large school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Central Missouri ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Warrensburg, Missouri, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
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Bellevue University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Bellevue, Nebraska, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Northwest Missouri State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. Northwest Missouri State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Maryville, Missouri. It awarded 14 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
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North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Crown College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Upper Iowa University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region list. Upper Iowa University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fayette, Iowa. It awarded 3 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #12, Wichita State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region list. Wichita State University is located in Wichita, Kansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s homeland security degrees to qualified students.
Saint Louis University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. 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 undergraduate 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.
With a ranking of #14, Capella University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #15, Southeast Missouri State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in the Plains States Region list. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized school located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri that handed out 0 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
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