2023 Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
873
Degrees Awarded
$12,600
Avg Net Price*
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Other Homeland Security is the 214th most popular major in the country with 1,695 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other homeland security graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,334 and had an average of $23,244 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 873 other homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,391 and $23,756 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in other homeland security. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other homeland security programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region.
Top 9 Best Value Colleges for Other Homeland Security in the Southeast Region
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #1 spot on the list. Richmond, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s other homeland security degrees to 143 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region other homeland security students list, Eastern has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,763 for Southeast Region Other Homeland Security students per year to attend Eastern.
Read more about Other Homeland Security at Eastern Kentucky University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Petersburg College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region list. St Petersburg College is located in Clearwater, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 86 ’s other homeland security degrees to qualified students.
SPC also made our “Best Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $2,668 for Southeast Region Other Homeland Security students per year to attend St Petersburg College.
Read full report on Other Homeland Security at St Petersburg College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State College at Jacksonville. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region. FSCJ is located in Jacksonville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 ’s other homeland security degrees to qualified students.
FSCJ also took the #7 spot in our “Best Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for FSCJ is $3,129 for southeast region other homeland security students.
Read full report on Other Homeland Security at Florida State College at Jacksonville
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Atlantic University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region list. FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 66 ’s other homeland security degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at FAU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Florida Atlantic University is $10,735 for Southeast Region Other Homeland Security students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Homeland Security at Florida Atlantic University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami Dade College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region list. MDC is a public institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 160 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
MDC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend MDC is $4,870 for southeast region other homeland security students.
Full Miami Dade College Other Homeland Security Report
Savannah State University did quite well in the 2023 Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 25 ’s other homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
Savannah State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Savannah State University is $10,157 for southeast region other homeland security students.
Full Savannah State University Other Homeland Security Report
With a ranking of #7, Florida SouthWestern State College did quite well on the 2023 Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region list. FSW is located in Fort Myers, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 ’s other homeland security degrees to qualified students.
FSW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for FSW is $7,950 for Southeast Region Other Homeland Security students.
Read more about Other Homeland Security at FSW
With a ranking of #8, Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well on the 2023 Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region list. VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 112 ’s other homeland security degrees to qualified students.
VCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $20,490 for southeast region other homeland security students per year to attend Virginia Commonwealth University.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Virginia Commonwealth University Other Homeland Security Report
With a ranking of #9, Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well on the 2023 Best Value Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region list. Tulane is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 76 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Tulane also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Homeland Security Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $39,749 for Southeast Region Other Homeland Security students per year to attend Tulane University of Louisiana.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Homeland Security at Tulane University of Louisiana
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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
- *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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