Homeland Security is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #117 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for homeland security students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 47 degrees in homeland security during the 2020-2021 academic year.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Homeland Security Schools in Michigan list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the homeland security degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is hard to beat Lake Superior State University if you want to pursue a degree in homeland security. Lake Superior State University is a small public university located in the town of Sault Ste Marie. This university ranks 35th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 17 homeland security students who graduated with this degree at Lake Superior State University in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in homeland security has to check out Madonna University. Located in the city of Livonia, Madonna is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 14th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 10 homeland security students who graduated with this degree at Madonna in the most recent year we have data available.
Oakland University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in homeland security. Oakland is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Rochester Hills. A Best Colleges rank of #447 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Oakland is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 homeland security students who graduated with this degree at Oakland in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, homeland security degree recipients usually make around $25,085 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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