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2023 Best Value Homeland Security Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$0 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$59,291 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Homeland Security School for You

In 2020-2021, 216 degrees and certificates were awarded to homeland security students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #186 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Homeland Security Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Homeland Security Colleges.

Best Homeland Security School

#1

National University

La Jolla, CA

Our 2023 rankings named National University the best value school in California for homeland security students. Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

National University undergraduate students pay an average of $13,320 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that homeland security majors at National University take out is $23,000.

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Best Value Homeland Security Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Homeland Security Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 31
Oregon 1
Nevada 2
Hawaii 3
Alaska 51

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 values are for the top school 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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