2022 Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in California

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in California” 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 California, there were 371 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 306 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

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.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in California

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Security in California

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, California

#1 in overall quality

$18,658 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego State University landed the #1 spot on the list. San Diego State University is a large public school situated in San Diego, California. 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 California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SDSU are $18,658, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on 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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