by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
International Security is the 548th most popular major in the country with 659 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 194 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major” ranking, we looked at 15 colleges that offer a degree in international security. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in international security.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree international security students.
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairmont State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Fairmont State University is a small school located in Fairmont, West Virginia that handed out 28 bachelors’s international security degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Angelo State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major. Angelo State is a public institution located in San Angelo, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on International Security at Angelo State University
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Anderson University Indiana landed the #3 spot on the list. Anderson University Indiana is a private not-for-profit institution located in Anderson, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on International Security at Anderson University Indiana
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Westminster College Missouri. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major. Westminster Fulton is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fulton, Missouri. It awarded 3 bachelors’s international security degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on International Security at Westminster Fulton
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Norwich University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major. Northfield, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s international security degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Excelsior College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major ranking. Excelsior College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Albany, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
La Roche University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s international security degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on International Security at La Roche University
University of North Georgia ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major list. Dahlonega, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s international security degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Full University of North Georgia International Security Report
Baldwin Wallace University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major ranking. Baldwin Wallace University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Berea, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Baldwin Wallace University International Security Report
Bellevue University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major list. Bellevue University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Bellevue, Nebraska. It awarded 8 bachelors’s international security degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about International Security at Bellevue University
With a ranking of #11, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major list. This large school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s international security degrees in 2020-2021.
Utah Valley University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major list. UVU is a large public school situated in Orem, Utah. It awarded 8 bachelors’s international security degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on International Security at Utah Valley University
Notre Dame College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major ranking. This small school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s international security degrees in 2020-2021.
Tiffin University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major list. Tiffin University is a small school located in Tiffin, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s international security degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #13, California State University - Bakersfield did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Security Major list. Located in Bakersfield, California, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s international security students in 2020-2021.
Read more about International Security at California State University - Bakersfield
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