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2023 Best Value Homeland Security Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,072 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,678 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Homeland Security School for You

With 70 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, homeland security is the #106 most popular major in Kentucky.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Homeland Security Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Kentucky 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Homeland Security Schools in Kentucky

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

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality in Homeland Security

#1

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY
$10,392 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Northern Kentucky University to be the best value school for homeland security students who want to pursue a degree in Kentucky. Located in the large suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NKU are $10,392 a year.

Full Homeland Security at Northern Kentucky University Report

$9,752 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Eastern is a large public school located in the town of Richmond.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Eastern are $9,752 a year. Homeland Security majors at Eastern take out an average of $31,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Homeland Security at Eastern Kentucky University Report

Best Value Homeland Security Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 39
Virginia 124
North Carolina 108
Florida 417
Tennessee 52
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.

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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