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2023 Most Popular Homeland Security Schools in the Great Lakes Region

37 Colleges
$53,156 Avg Salary
$21,305 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Homeland Security School for You

Homeland Security is the #117 most popular major in the country with 7,140 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Homeland Security Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 37 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Homeland Security program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for homeland security majors pursuing a .

Our analysis found Union Institute & University to be the most popular school for homeland security students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Cincinnati, Union is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Homeland Security majors at Union take out an average of $15,625 in student loans while working on their egree.

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The excellent programs at William Rainey Harper College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best homeland security schools in the Great Lakes Region . Harper College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Palatine.

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#3

Lake Superior State University

Sault Ste Marie, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Superior State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Homeland Security Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Lake Superior State University is a small public school located in the remote town of Sault Ste Marie.

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#4

College of DuPage

Glen Ellyn, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of DuPage. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Homeland Security Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. COD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Glen Ellyn.

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#4

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Homeland Security Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Oakland is a large public school located in the suburb of Rochester Hills.

The average amount in student loans that homeland security majors at Oakland take out is $25,289.

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Benedictine University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Homeland Security Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Lisle, Benedictine U is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#7

Madonna University

Livonia, MI

With a ranking of #7, Madonna University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for homeland security students. Madonna is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Livonia.

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Indiana University - Kokomo landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular homeland security programs. Located in the city of Kokomo, IU Kokomo is a public college with a small student population.

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University of Akron Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for homeland security students. It came in at #8 on the list. University of Akron Main Campus is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Akron.

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#10

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

Indiana State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular homeland security programs. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Homeland Security Colleges by State

Explore the best homeland security schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 44
Ohio 77
Illinois 223
Indiana 21
Wisconsin 15

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 37 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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