2023 Best Value Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Homeland Security Graduate Certificate School for You
With 272 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, homeland security is the #136 most popular major in Texas.
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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Texas 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.
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.
Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Homeland Security
Our analysis found Angelo State University to be the best value school for homeland security students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Texas. Angelo State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of San Angelo.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Angelo State are $7,246 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value homeland security schools in Texas. Located in the large city of Corpus Christi, Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a public school with a large student population.
Texas A&M Corpus Christi graduate students pay an average of $7,179 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 4 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Huntsville.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SHSU are $8,666 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at The University of Texas at San Antonio helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value homeland security schools in Texas. UTSA is a very large public school located in the city of San Antonio.
UTSA graduate students pay an average of $9,479 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 345 |
| Oklahoma | 31 |
| New Mexico | 14 |
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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 4 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.