2024 Best Security Science and Technology Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in security science and technology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #86 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for security science and technology students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 153 master's degrees in security science and technology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Security Science and Technology School for Your Master's Degree

The security science and technology master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality security science and technology program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on security science and technology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other security science and technology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt security science and technology students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized security science and technology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for security science and technology students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Security Science and Technology Schools

The security science and technology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Security Science and Technology Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Security Science and Technology in the Far Western US Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for security science and technology students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Master's in Security Science and Technology

1

University of San Diego
San Diego, CA

60 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in security science and technology has to look into University of San Diego. USD is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of San Diego.More information about a master’s in security science and technology from University of San Diego

2

National University
San Diego, CA

57 Annual Graduates

National University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a master's degree in security science and technology. Located in the large city of San Diego, National University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in security science and technology from National University

3

California State University - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

17 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat California State University - Los Angeles if you wish to pursue a master's degree in security science and technology. Cal State LA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Los Angeles.More information about a master’s in security science and technology from California State University - Los Angeles

Best Security Science and Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best security science and technology colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	153
Hawaii	85	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Security Science and Technology

One of 4 majors within the Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting area of study, Security Science and Technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Security Science and Technology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections	465
Homeland Security	159
Fire Protection	16
Other Homeland Security	14

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.