2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Homeland Security in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,793 people earned their degree in other homeland security, making the major the 200th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, other homeland security graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,805 and had an average of $25,964 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 154 other homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,800 and $47,083 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 135 other homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other homeland security programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other homeland security program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Homeland Security in the Plains States Region

#1

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$73,549 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other homeland security degrees to 135 students in 2019-2020.

Webster also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster University are $13,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Other Homeland Security at Webster University

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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