2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Security Science and Technology in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Security Science and Technology Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Security Science and Technology is the 123rd most popular major in the country with 6,888 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, security science and technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 2,008 security science and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 871 security science and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Security Science and Technology Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in security science and technology. To top this list, a school must have a successful security science and technology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Security Science and Technology Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree security science and technology students.

Top 6 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Security Science and Technology in the Southeast Region

1

Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, Georgia

Top 25% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennesaw State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Security Science and Technology Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Kennesaw State University is located in Kennesaw, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 54 bachelors’s security science and technology degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Security Science and Technology at Kennesaw State University

2

Regent University
Virginia Beach, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regent University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Security Science and Technology Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Virginia Beach, Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s security science and technology degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.

Full Regent Security Science and Technology Report

3

Montreat College
Montreat, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montreat College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Security Science and Technology Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Montreat College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Montreat, North Carolina. It awarded 15 bachelors’s security science and technology degrees in 2020-2021.

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.

Full Montreat College Security Science and Technology Report

4

Methodist University
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Security Science and Technology Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Methodist University landed the #4 spot on the list. Methodist is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Security Science and Technology at Methodist

5

American National University
Salem, Virginia

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Security Science and Technology Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, American National University landed the #5 spot on the list. American National University is a private for-profit institution located in Salem, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Security Science and Technology at American National University

5

Tennessee Wesleyan University
Athens, Tennessee

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Security Science and Technology Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Tennessee Wesleyan University landed the #5 spot on the list. Tennessee Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Athens, Tennessee. It awarded 8 bachelors’s security science and technology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Security Science and Technology at Tennessee Wesleyan University

• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Security Science and Technology

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.