by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Homeland Security Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 New England region, there were 445 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,084 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 115 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Homeland Security Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in homeland security. To top this list, a school must have a successful homeland security program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree homeland security students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Homeland Security Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Post University landed the #1 spot on the list. Post University is a fairly large private for-profit school situated in Waterbury, Connecticut. It awarded 41 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Homeland Security Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school handed out 29 degrees to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Homeland Security Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Homeland Security Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New England College landed the #4 spot on the list. Henniker, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s homeland security degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Homeland Security Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire at Manchester landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire, this small public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
University of New Haven ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Homeland Security Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in West Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Rivier University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Homeland Security Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Nashua, New Hampshire, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Husson University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Homeland Security Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. This small school is located in Bangor, Maine, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Anna Maria College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Well Attended Homeland Security Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Paxton, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s homeland security students in 2020-2021.
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