2023 Best Value Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Homeland Security Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 7,140 people earned a degree or certificate in homeland security, making the major the #117 most popular in the United States.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Value Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 31 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for homeland security students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Park University to be the best value school for homeland security students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Parkville.
Park University graduate students pay an average of $6,435 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at American Public University System helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value homeland security schools in the United States. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 per year.
American Military University also claimed a spot on our Best Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Southwestern College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value homeland security schools in the United States. Located in the town of Winfield, SC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SC are $12,768 a year.
SC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools list. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, ASU - Skysong also did well on our Best Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Angelo State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for homeland security students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Angelo State is a large public school located in the city of San Angelo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Angelo State are $14,590 per year.
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With a ranking of #8, Northern Kentucky University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for homeland security students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NKU are $15,594 per year.
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Towson University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Towson are $19,890 a year.
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Benedictine University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for homeland security students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Lisle, Benedictine U is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Benedictine U are $19,640 per year.
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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.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 25 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.