2024 Best Security Science and Technology Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States 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 2 schools in the Plains States 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 39 master's degrees in security science and technology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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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 full 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

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Security Science and Technology Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Security Science and Technology in the Plains States Region

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

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Master's in Security Science and Technology

1

Emporia State University
Emporia, KS

6 Annual Graduates

Emporia State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in security science and technology. ESU is a medium-sized public university located in the remote town of Emporia.More information about a master’s in security science and technology from Emporia State University

2

Capella University
Minneapolis, MN

22 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Capella University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in security science and technology. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in security science and technology from Capella University

Best Security Science and Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best security science and technology colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	7
Minnesota	174	22
Kansas	149	6
Nebraska	123	4

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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	486
Other Homeland Security	99
Homeland Security	77

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.