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

8 Colleges
$46,598 Avg Salary
$26,945 Avg Student Debt

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 Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Plains States Region to see which online programs were the most popular 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 Colleges.

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our analysis found Capella University to be the most popular school for homeland security students who want to pursue an online degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#3

Park University

Parkville, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Homeland Security Schools in the Plains States Region list. Park University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Parkville.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Homeland Security Schools in the Plains States Region list. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Springfield.

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#5

Southwestern College

Winfield, KS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Homeland Security Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the distant town of Winfield, SC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#7

Crown College

Saint Bonifacius, MN

Crown College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best homeland security programs. Crown is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Saint Bonifacius.

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#8

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

Upper Iowa University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Homeland Security Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Fayette, UIU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Explore the most popular online homeland security colleges 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 8 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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