2022 Best Value International Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest 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 “Best Value International Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” 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 Southwest region, there were 128 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value International Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The international security 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 “Best Value International Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value International Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Security in the Southwest Region

#1

Angelo State University

San Angelo, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$13,819 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Angelo State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Angelo State is located in San Angelo, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s international security degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree international security students list, Angelo State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best International Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,819 for southwest region bachelor’s degree international security students per year to attend Angelo State.

Full Angelo State International Security Report

#2

The University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$8,920 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value International Security Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s international security degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTEP, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best International Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at El Paso is $8,920 for southwest region bachelor’s degree international security students.

Read more about International Security at The University of Texas at El Paso

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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

• *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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