2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Security in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 749 people earned their degree in international security, making the major the 538th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 60 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in international security. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality international 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 international 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree international security students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Security in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$20,685 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #1 spot on the list. ECU is a public institution located in Greenville, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best International Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at East Carolina University are $20,685.

Read full report on International Security at ECU

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

$8,349 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Lynchburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s international security degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Liberty University also made our “Best International Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349.

Full Liberty University International Security Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Security (With Aid)

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

• *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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