Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Best Value Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

2023 Best Value Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,711 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,725 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Homeland Security Associate Degree School for You

Homeland Security is the #92 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 413 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Best Value Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for homeland security students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Homeland Security

Our analysis found Bucks County Community College to be the best value school for homeland security students who want to pursue a associate degree in Pennsylvania. Located in the rural area of Newtown, Bucks County Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Bucks County Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,098 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Bucks County Community College

Request Information

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Community College of Allegheny County is a great value for homeland security students working on their associate degree. CCAC is a large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCAC are $8,323 a year.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Community College of Allegheny County

Request Information

Best Value Homeland Security Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Homeland Security Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 774
Maryland 20
New Jersey 252
District of Columbia 197
Delaware 34

Homeland Security is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.