2022 Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

International Security is the 538th most popular major in the country with 749 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 382 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 317 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international security programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the international security program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Security in the Far Western US Region

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, California

#1 in overall quality

$18,658 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. This large school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 34 masters’s international security degrees in 2019-2020.

SDSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best International Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SDSU are $18,658, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about International Security at SDSU

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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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