2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Homeland Security Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 the Far Western US region, there were 354 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,840 and $33,282 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 159 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Homeland Security Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree 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.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Homeland Security Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree homeland security students.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security in the Far Western US Region

1

Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, California

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Homeland Security Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Naval Postgraduate School landed the #1 spot on the list. Monterey, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s homeland security degrees to 88 students in 2020-2021.

Full Naval Postgraduate School Homeland Security Report

2

National University
La Jolla, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend National University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Homeland Security Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s. National University is a private not-for-profit institution located in La Jolla, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 59 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Homeland Security at National University

3

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Homeland Security Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #3 spot on the list. UAF is a public institution located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full UAF Homeland Security Report

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.