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2023 Best Value Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$12,919 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Homeland Security Graduate Certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which graduate certificate 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Homeland Security

Our 2023 rankings named California University of Pennsylvania the best value school in Pennsylvania for homeland security students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small suburb of California, Cal U is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Cal U are $12,919 a year.

Full Homeland Security at California University of Pennsylvania Report

#2

DeSales University

Center Valley, PA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means DeSales University is a great value for homeland security students working on their graduate certificate. DeSales is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Center Valley.

DeSales graduate students pay an average of $21,120 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Homeland Security at DeSales University Report

Best Value Homeland Security Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Homeland Security Schools 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.

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