2023 Best Value Homeland Security Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Homeland Security Bachelor's 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Homeland Security Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which bachelor's 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.
Top 10 Best Homeland Security Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Herzing University - Brookfield the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for homeland security students working on their bachelor’s degree. Herzing University - Brookfield is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Brookfield.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Herzing University - Brookfield are $14,200 per year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Herzing University - Madison is a great value for homeland security students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Madison, Herzing University - Madison is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Herzing University - Madison are $14,200 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Union Institute & University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Cincinnati, Union is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Union are $17,141 per year. The average amount in student loans that homeland security majors at Union take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $18,716.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IWU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Marion.
IWU undergraduate students pay an average of $9,239 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Fort-Wayne, Indiana Tech - CPS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Indiana Tech - CPS are $10,224 a year.
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Lake Superior State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. 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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With a ranking of #7, University of Akron Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for homeland security students working on their bachelor’s degree. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Akron.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,880 a year.
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Marian University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for homeland security students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Marian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fond Du Lac.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Marian are $29,130 a year.
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Madonna University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for homeland security students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Madonna is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Livonia.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Madonna are $24,900 a year.
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With a ranking of #10, Ohio Christian University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for homeland security students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the town of Circleville, OCU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at OCU are $14,395 a year. Homeland Security majors at OCU take out an average of $23,717 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
Request InformationBest 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 |
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Majors Related to Homeland Security
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 12 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.