If you plan on majoring in homeland security, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #117 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Arizona 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 416 degrees in homeland security during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The homeland security program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Homeland Security rankings. We derive our Best Overall Homeland Security School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Arizona list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of homeland security degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is hard to beat Arizona State University - Skysong if you wish to pursue a degree in homeland security. Located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #314 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means ASU - Skysong is a great university overall.
There were approximately 158 homeland security students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent year we have data available. Those homeland security students who get their degree from Arizona State University - Skysong receive $10,230 more than the typical homeland security graduate.
Any student who is interested in homeland security needs to check out American InterContinental University - Online. Located in the rural area of Chandler, AIU Online is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were about 204 homeland security students who graduated from this program at AIU Online in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Grand Canyon University if you wish to pursue a degree in homeland security. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #272 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Grand Canyon University is a great university overall.
There were about 175 homeland security students who graduated with this degree at Grand Canyon University in the most recent data year. Those homeland security students who get their degree from Grand Canyon University make $9,042 more than the typical homeland security student.
Arizona Western College is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in homeland security. Located in the small city of Yuma, AWC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 23rd out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 18 homeland security students who graduated with this degree at AWC in the most recent year we have data available.
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).