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2023 Most Popular Homeland Security Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Homeland Security Master's Degree 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 Most Popular Homeland Security Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Homeland Security program at each school on the list.

Check out the homeland security master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Southern New Hampshire University the most popular school in the New England Region for homeland security students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 34% of the students majoring in homeland security at the school are women while 66% are male.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Southern New Hampshire University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Women make up 36% of the homeland security majors at the school.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular homeland security schools in the New England Region . Located in the small suburb of Durham, UNH is a public school with a large student population.

About 56% of the students majoring in homeland security at the school are women while 44% are male.

Full Homeland Security at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Report

#4

Nichols College

Dudley, MA

Out of the 8 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nichols College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Dudley, Nichols is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 53% of the students majoring in homeland security at the school are women while 47% are male.

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#5

Endicott College

Beverly, MA

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Endicott College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular homeland security schools in the New England Region . Endicott is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Beverly.

Of the 13 students majoring in homeland security at Endicott, 69% are male and 31% are female.

Full Homeland Security at Endicott College Report

#6

New England College

Henniker, NH

New England College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree homeland security programs. NEC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Henniker.

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

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#7

SIT Graduate Institute

Brattleboro, VT

With a ranking of #7, SIT Graduate Institute did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for homeland security students working on their master’s degree. SIT is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Brattleboro.

About 67% of the students majoring in homeland security at the school are women while 33% are male.

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Johnson & Wales University - Online did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for homeland security students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. JWU Online is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

Read full report on Homeland Security at Johnson & Wales University - Online

Best Homeland Security Colleges by State

Explore the best homeland security schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 72
Rhode Island 0
New Hampshire 227
Maine 2
Vermont 3

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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