by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in New Jersey” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 New Jersey, there were 275 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,882 and $11,034 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,237 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in New Jersey” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in homeland security. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their homeland security program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in New Jersey” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in New Jersey”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in New Jersey list. FDU is located in Teaneck, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 masters’s homeland security degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rider University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in New Jersey. Located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s homeland security students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, New Jersey City University landed the #3 spot on the list. Jersey City, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s homeland security degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas Edison State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in New Jersey list. Located in Trenton, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified masters’s homeland security students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in New Jersey list. FDU is a small school located in Madison, New Jersey that handed out 0 masters’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgian Court University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in New Jersey list. Georgian Court University is a small school located in Lakewood, New Jersey that handed out 0 masters’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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