2023 Most Well Attended Security Science and Technology Major in New York

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 “Most Well Attended Security Science and Technology Major in New York” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 New York, there were 1,084 security science and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Security Science and Technology Major in New York” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in security science and technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular security science and technology programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Security Science and Technology Major in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york security science and technology students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Security Science and Technology in New York

1

Excelsior College
Albany, New York

#19 overall quality in New York

$58,705 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,899 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Excelsior College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Security Science and Technology Major in New York list. Albany, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s security science and technology degrees to 87 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Security Science and Technology at Excelsior College

2

Hilbert College
Hamburg, New York

$37,080 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,000 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hilbert College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Security Science and Technology Major in New York list. Hamburg, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s security science and technology degrees to 45 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Hilbert College Security Science and Technology Report

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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

• *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.