2023 Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s” 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 Far Western US region, there were 354 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,840 and $33,282 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 103 homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in homeland security. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent homeland security programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the homeland security program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

1

National University
La Jolla, California

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$62,885 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, National University landed the #1 spot on the list. La Jolla, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s homeland security degrees to 44 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at National University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 18,070 students enrolled at National University were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. National University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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

Full National University Veteran Student Life Report

2

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

665 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Homeland Security for a Bachelor’s. UAF is a public institution located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UAF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Among the 6,813 students enrolled at University of Alaska Fairbanks, 665 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 417 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,685. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Alaska Fairbanks offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Full UAF Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.