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2023 Best Value Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$15,158 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

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 Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Plains States 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Homeland Security

#1

Park University

Parkville, MO

Our 2023 rankings named Park University the best value school in the Plains States Region for homeland security students working on their graduate certificate. Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Parkville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Park University are $6,435 a year.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Park University

#2

Southwestern College

Winfield, KS

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Southwestern College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value homeland security schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the distant town of Winfield, SC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SC are $12,768 per year.

SC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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#4

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

Out of the 5 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SLU are $22,614 a year.

Full Homeland Security at Saint Louis University Report

#5

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 a year.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Capella University

Best Homeland Security Colleges by State

Explore the best homeland security schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 20
Minnesota 53
Iowa 11
Kansas 18
Nebraska 2
North Dakota 2

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

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 5 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).

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