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2023 Best Value Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$23,085 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Homeland Security Graduate Certificate School for You

Homeland Security is the #73 most popular major in the country with 2,759 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. 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, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

2023 Best Value Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Homeland Security

Our analysis found Benedictine University to be the best value school for homeland security students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Lisle, Benedictine U is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Benedictine U are $19,640 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

IUPUI graduate students pay an average of $26,529 in tuition and fees each year.

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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 1
Illinois 134
Ohio 0
Indiana 7

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 7,783
Security Science and Technology 1,875
Other Homeland Security 456
Fire Protection 172

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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