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2023 Best Value Homeland Security Schools in Alabama

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$8,585 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$75,707 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Homeland Security School for You

In 2020-2021, 236 degrees and certificates were awarded to homeland security students who went to a Alabama college or university. This makes it the #18 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Homeland Security Schools in Alabama ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Alabama 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 Alabama

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

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality in Homeland Security

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL
$5,775 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the best value school in Alabama for homeland security students. Located in the fringe town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Columbia Southern University undergraduate students pay an average of $5,775 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$8,860 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Auburn University at Montgomery helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best homeland security schools in Alabama. Located in the city of Montgomery, AUM is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at AUM are $8,860 a year.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Auburn University at Montgomery

#3

Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville, AL
$11,120 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Jacksonville State University is a great value for homeland security students. Located in the small suburb of Jacksonville, Jacksonville State University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Jacksonville State University undergraduate students pay an average of $11,120 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Homeland Security at Jacksonville State University Report

Best Value Homeland Security Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 28
Florida 232
Georgia 5
North Carolina 3
Tennessee 14
Kentucky 11
Louisiana 30
South Carolina 9
Arkansas 24
West Virginia 270

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 3 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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