by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in New Hampshire” ranking.
Homeland Security is the 117th most popular major in the country with 7,140 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Hampshire, there were 276 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,371 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 227 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,663 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in New Hampshire” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in homeland security. That schools that top this list have a program in homeland security in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 Hampshire”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in New Hampshire list. This small school is located in Henniker, New Hampshire, and it awarded 8 masters’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern New Hampshire University landed the #2 spot on the list. SNHU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Manchester, New Hampshire. The school has a large population, and it awarded 201 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security Major in New Hampshire list. Durham, New Hampshire is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s homeland security degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
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