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2023 Best Value Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,031 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,725 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Homeland Security Associate Degree School for You

Homeland Security is the #117 most popular major in the country with 7,140 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for homeland security students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Homeland Security Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Homeland Security

Our analysis found Fox Valley Technical College to be the best value school for homeland security students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Great Lakes Region . FVTC is a large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Appleton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at FVTC are $6,861 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, FVTC is ranked #5 for overall quality for homeland security in the Great Lakes Region .

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#2

Lake Superior State University

Sault Ste Marie, MI

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lake Superior State University is a great value for homeland security students working on their associate degree. Lake Superior State University is a small public school located in the remote town of Sault Ste Marie.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Lake Superior State University are $13,200 a year.

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Best Homeland Security Colleges by State

Explore the best homeland security schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 44
Ohio 77
Illinois 223
Indiana 21
Wisconsin 15

One of 4 majors within the area of study, homeland security has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Homeland Security

Related Major Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections 113,121
Fire Protection 13,766
Security Science and Technology 6,888
Other Homeland Security 1,695

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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