2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Security in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 128 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 66 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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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 Master’s in the Southwest Region”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

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

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

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

#1

Angelo State University

San Angelo, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$14,396 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Master’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 28 masters’s international security degrees to qualified students.

Angelo State also made our “Best International Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Angelo State are $14,396, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Angelo State International Security Report

#2

The University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$16,180 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value International Security Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s international security degrees to 37 students 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at El Paso are $16,180.

Read full report on International Security at UTEP

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Security

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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