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2023 Most Popular Online Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Park University

Parkville, MO

Our analysis found Park University to be the most popular school for homeland security students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Park University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Parkville.

About 71% of the students majoring in homeland security at the school are women while 29% are male.

Full Homeland Security at Park University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Missouri State University - Springfield is a great place for homeland security students working on their online graduate certificate. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the city of Springfield.

About 17% of the students majoring in homeland security at the school are women while 83% are male.

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#3

Southwestern College

Winfield, KS

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southwestern College is a great place for homeland security students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the town of Winfield, SC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 25% of the students majoring in homeland security at the school are women while 75% are male.

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#5

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Capella University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best homeland security schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#5

Crown College

Saint Bonifacius, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Crown College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Crown is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Saint Bonifacius.

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#7

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

Upper Iowa University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate homeland security programs. Located in the remote area of Fayette, UIU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Homeland Security at Upper Iowa University Report

Explore the most popular online 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

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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 7 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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