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2023 Best Value Homeland Security Schools in Florida

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$12,774 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,218 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Homeland Security School for You

Homeland Security is the #91 most popular major in Florida with 417 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Homeland Security Schools in Florida ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in Florida to see which ones offered the best value 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.

2023 Best Value Homeland Security Schools in Florida

Check out the homeland security programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Homeland Security Schools

#1

St Petersburg College

Clearwater, FL
$2,682 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named St Petersburg College the best value school in Florida for homeland security students. SPC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Clearwater.

SPC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,682 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SPC also is in the top 20% of our Best Homeland Security Schools in Florida ranking.

Read full report on Homeland Security at St Petersburg College

#2

Palm Beach State College

Lake Worth, FL
$3,050 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Palm Beach State College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best homeland security schools in Florida. Palm Beach State College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Lake Worth.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Palm Beach State College are $3,050 a year.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Palm Beach State College

#3

Indian River State College

Fort Pierce, FL
$2,764 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 13 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Indian River State College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Fort Pierce, Indian River State College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Indian River State College are $2,764 a year.

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$2,657 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida State College at Jacksonville. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Homeland Security Schools in Florida list. FSCJ is a fairly large public school located in the city of Jacksonville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FSCJ are $2,657 per year.

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$3,133 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 13 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Florida State College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Niceville, NWFSC is a public college with a small student population.

NWFSC undergraduate students pay an average of $3,133 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$6,368 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Central Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for homeland security students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCF are $6,368 per year.

UCF also claimed a spot on our Best Homeland Security Schools in Florida list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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$6,410 Average Tuition & Fees

University of South Florida - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Homeland Security Schools in Florida list. USF Tampa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tampa.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USF Tampa are $6,410 per year.

USF Tampa excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Homeland Security Schools in Florida list.

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$10,748 Average Tuition & Fees

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Homeland Security Schools in Florida ranking. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Daytona Beach.

Embry-Riddle Worldwide undergraduate students pay an average of $10,748 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that homeland security majors at Embry-Riddle Worldwide take out is $26,000. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $722, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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$6,565 Average Tuition & Fees

Florida International University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value homeland security programs. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FIU are $6,565 a year.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Florida International University

#10

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL
$22,000 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #10, Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale did quite well on this year’s best value schools for homeland security students. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale are $22,000 per year. While working on their degree, homeland security majors at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale accumulate an average of around $34,416 in student debt.

Full Homeland Security at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale Report

Best Value Homeland Security Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Homeland Security Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 39
Virginia 124
North Carolina 108
Tennessee 52
Kentucky 70
South Carolina 46
Louisiana 31
Arkansas 63
Alabama 343
West Virginia 871

One of 4 majors within the area of study, homeland security has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 13 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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