2023 Best Value Homeland Security Master's Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Homeland Security Master's Degree 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Homeland Security Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 51 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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 Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Nichols College the best value school in the United States for homeland security students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Dudley, Nichols is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Nichols graduate students pay an average of $1,075 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Columbia Southern University is a great value for homeland security students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia Southern University are $4,035 per year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Charleston Southern University is a great value for homeland security students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, CSU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
CSU graduate students pay an average of $5,085 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 American Public University System. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools list. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Daytona Beach.
Embry-Riddle Worldwide graduate students pay an average of $8,936 in tuition and fees each year.
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Endicott College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree homeland security programs. Endicott is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Beverly.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Endicott are $12,746 per year.
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Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree homeland security programs. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 a year.
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Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree homeland security programs. FDU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Teaneck.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at FDU are $10,722 a year.
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With a ranking of #9, North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for homeland security students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public college with a large student population.
North Dakota State University graduate students pay an average of $12,028 in tuition and fees each year.
North Dakota State University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools list.
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Wilmington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for homeland security students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wilmington University are $9,060 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.