2023 Best Value Homeland Security Schools in Texas
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Homeland Security 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 Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Texas to see which 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. 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.
Top 10 Best Homeland Security Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Angelo State University the best value school in Texas for homeland security students. Angelo State is a large public school located in the city of San Angelo.
Angelo State undergraduate students pay an average of $8,186 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Homeland Security Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of Corpus Christi, Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Texas A&M Corpus Christi are $9,748 a year.
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Out of the 10 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the # 3 spot on the list. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school located in the fringe town of Canyon.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at West Texas A&M University are $9,202 a year.
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Out of the 10 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the # 4 spot on the list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the city of Edinburg.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Rio Grande Valley are $9,541 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Homeland Security Schools in Texas list. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the city of El Paso.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UTEP are $9,544 per year.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio 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. UTSA is a very large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UTSA are $9,231 per year.
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Sam Houston State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for homeland security students. It came in at #7 on the list. SHSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.
SHSU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,960 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, SHSU also did well on our Best Homeland Security Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Austin Community College District came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Homeland Security Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Austin Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $8,580 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Austin Community College District also is in the top 15% of our Best Homeland Security Schools in Texas ranking.
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University of North Texas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for homeland security students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNT are $11,090 a year. While working on their degree, homeland security majors at UNT accumulate an average of around $20,000 in student debt.
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Texas Southern University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Homeland Security Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the large city of Houston, TSU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at TSU are $8,637 a 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 10 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.