2018 Most Affordable Online Colleges for Homeland Security Degrees
These 25 schools all offer affordable online bachelor's degrees in homeland security. The top spot on the list, Clayton State University, has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Homeland Security/Emergency Management for an impressively affordable $6,600 annually. Students at Clayton State University can choose from classes such as Counter Terrorism, Cybercrime Law and Investigations, and Legal Issues in Homeland Security, among others. Ranked #3 on the list, American Public University System, offers 17 different online bachelor's degrees in homeland security, intelligence studies, and security management. Tuition for these programs starts at $8,100 per year.
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| Rank | College | Annual Tuition |
|---|---|---|
| #1 Clayton State University | Annual Tuition $6,600 | |
| #2 California University of Pennsylvania | Annual Tuition $7,656 | |
| #3 American Public University System | Annual Tuition $8,100 | |
| #4 Waldorf University | Annual Tuition $8,700 | |
| #5 Southern New Hampshire University Online | Annual Tuition $9,600 | |
| #6 SUNY College of Technology at Canton | Annual Tuition $9,990 | |
| #7 Jacksonville State University | Annual Tuition $10,770 | |
| #8 Saint Leo University Online | Annual Tuition $10,800 | |
| #9 Trident University International | Annual Tuition $11,550 | |
| #10 Liberty University | Annual Tuition $11,700 | |
| #11 Park University | Annual Tuition $11,970 | |
| #12 Touro University Worldwide | Annual Tuition $12,000 | |
| #13 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide | Annual Tuition $12,090 | |
| #14 New England College | Annual Tuition $12,150 | |
| #15 Eastern Kentucky University | Annual Tuition $12,270 | |
| #16 State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota | Annual Tuition $13,262 | |
| #17 ECPI University Online | Annual Tuition $13,296 | |
| #18 Herzing University | Annual Tuition $13,390 | |
| #19 Mercer University | Annual Tuition $13,440 | |
| #20 (tie) Marian University - Wisconsin | Annual Tuition $13,500 | |
| #20 (tie) Pfeiffer University | Annual Tuition $13,500 | |
| #22 Tiffin University | Annual Tuition $13,640 | |
| #23 Anderson University - SC | Annual Tuition $14,105 | |
| #24 DeSales University | Annual Tuition $14,220 | |
| #25 Strayer University | Annual Tuition $14,500 |
- Annual Tuition: $6,600
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 39%
- Example Classes:
Counter Terrorism; Cybercrime Law and Investigations; Global Technology; International Relations; Legal Issues in Homeland Security; Medical Management - Mass Emergencies
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $7,656
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Acceptance Rate: 85%
- Example Classes:
Biological, Chemical, Nuclear & WMD Threats in Homeland Security; Computer Forensics; Corporate Security Law; Criminal Intelligence Analysis; Cyber Crime Investigation; Domestic Extremism in the United States; Executive Protection
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $8,100
- School Type: For-Profit
- School Accreditation: NCA HLC and DEAC
- Acceptance Rate: Open Admissions
- Example Classes:
Border and Coastal Security; Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Hazards; Critical Infrastructure Protection; Homegrown Violent Extremism; Mind of a Terrorist; Regulatory Issues in Weapons of Mass Destruction
Online Bachelor's Degrees (17)
- BA in Intelligence Studies
- BA in Intelligence Studies - Asian Area Studies
- BA in Intelligence Studies - Counterintelligence
- BA in Intelligence Studies - Criminal Intelligence
- BA in Intelligence Studies - Cyber
- BA in Intelligence Studies - Geospatial Intelligenc...
- BA in Intelligence Studies - Intelligence Analysis
- BA in Intelligence Studies - Intelligence Collection
- BA in Intelligence Studies - Intelligence Operations
- BA in Intelligence Studies - Latin America Area Stu...
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- Annual Tuition: $8,700
- School Type: For-Profit
- School Accreditation: NCA HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 66%
- Example Classes:
American Homeland Security; Introduction to Terrorism; Terrorism Response Operations; Weapons of Mass Destruction
Online Bachelor's Degrees (10)
- Bachelor of Applied Science Criminal Justice/Homela...
- Bachelor of Applied Science Emergency Management/Ho...
- Bachelor of Applied Science Homeland Security
- Bachelor of Applied Science Homeland Security/Crimi...
- Bachelor of Applied Science Homeland Security/Emerg...
- Bachelor of Arts Emergency Management/Homeland Secu...
- Bachelor of Arts Homeland Security
- Bachelor of Arts Homeland Security/Criminal Justice
- Bachelor of Arts Homeland Security/Emergency Manage...
- Bachelor of Science Criminal Justice/Homeland Security
- Annual Tuition: $9,600
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NEASC CIHE
- Acceptance Rate: 92%
- Example Classes:
Counterterrorism Techniques; Juvenile Justice System; Legal Traditions; Threat Assessment Fundamentals; Writing for the Criminal Justice Profession
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $9,990
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Acceptance Rate: 85%
- Example Classes:
Civil Liberties & Homeland Security; Corporate Role in Homeland Security; Immigration Law & Border Control; Law Enforcement Intelligence Systems in Homeland Security; Public Safety Incident Response; Terrorism Through the Ages
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $10,770
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 67%
- Example Classes:
Critical Infrastructure; Exercise Design and Evaluation; Management Systems in Disaster; Planning and Preparedness for Homeland Security; Social Dimensions of Disaster; Weapons of Mass Destruction
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $10,800
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 73%
- Example Classes:
Exploitable Weaknesses in Terrorist Organizations; Legal Issues in Counter-Terrorism; Local Response to Terrorism; Modern Middle-East; Police Organization and Administration; Substantive Criminal Law
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $11,550
- School Type: For-Profit
- School Accreditation: WASC WSCUC
- Acceptance Rate: 96%
- Example Classes:
Catastrophic Events and Responses; Cyber and Physical Security Vulnerabilities and Methodologies; Homeland Recovery and Continuity of Operations; Homeland Security and Interagency Planning; Intelligence and Law Enforcement; Preventing Homeland Infiltration: Air, Ground, and Maritime
- Annual Tuition: $11,700
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC and TRACS
- Acceptance Rate: 22%
- Example Classes:
Behavioral Dimensions of Disaster; Criminal Justice Ethics; Incident Command System; Judicial Process
Online Bachelor's Degrees (2)
#11
Park University
- Annual Tuition: $11,970
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NCA HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 40%
- Example Classes:
Administrative Law; Capitalism and Societal Issues; Emergency Management; Geography of Terrorism; Homeland Security; Russia in the 20th Century
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $12,000
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: WASC WSCUC
- Acceptance Rate: Open Admissions
- Example Classes:
Emergency Preparedness and Response; Emergency, Disaster and Homeland Security; First and Second Responders Role in Crisis; Homeland Security and Terrorism
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $12,090
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 66%
- Example Classes:
Emergent Topics in Homeland Security; Environmental Security; Exercise Design and Evaluation in Homeland Security; Intelligence Collection and Analysis; National Security Issues and Terrorism; Strategic Planning and Decision Making in Homeland Security
Online Bachelor's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $12,150
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NEASC CIHE
- Acceptance Rate: 98%
- Example Classes:
All Hazards Response, Mitigation, and Recovery; Concepts, Theories, and Practices in Homeland Security; Contemporary Law Enforcement; Issues in Professional Practice: Criminal Justice; Statistics for the Social Sciences
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $12,270
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC and ACCET
- Acceptance Rate: 71%
- Example Classes:
Border & Immigration Control; Critical Problem Analysis; Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community; Government/Industrial Security; Personnel Security; Physical Security
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $13,262
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: Open Admissions
- Example Classes:
Community Relations Theory and Practice; Contemporary Issues in Public Safety/Homeland Security; Critical Infrastructure and Risk Analysis; Management of Specialized Law Enforcement Units; Managerial Risk Analysis and Decision Making; Managing Cultural Diversity
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $13,296
- School Type: For-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC, ABHES, ACCET, and ACCSC
- Acceptance Rate: 84%
- Example Classes:
Computer Investigation; Crime Scene Management; Domestic Terrorism; Global Comparative Justice; Multi-Cultural Communication for Law Enforcement; Organized Crime
Online Bachelor's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $13,390
- School Type: For-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC and ABHES
- Acceptance Rate: 95%
- Example Classes:
Civil Liability in Public Safety; Critical Incident Stress Management; Evidence Forensics; Financial Crimes; Narcotics and Drug Abuse; Public Event Planning and Emergency Management
Online Bachelor's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $13,440
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 67%
- Example Classes:
Budgeting for Nonfinancial Leaders; Ethics and Public Safety Leadership; Forensic Behavior; Intelligence Gathering and Dissemination; Interpersonal Communication; The Effects of Disaster on Society
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $13,500
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC and NCA HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 84%
- Example Classes:
Combating Terrorism; Crisis Communication; Critical Perspectives of Disasters; Homeland Security Field Experience; Infrastructure Protection; Transnational Threats
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $13,500
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 47%
- Example Classes:
Criminal Justice Administration; Criminal Justice and Society; Drugs & Crime; Forensic Evidence; Juvenile Justice; White Collar Crime Investigations
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $13,640
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NCA HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 93%
- Example Classes:
Counterintelligence/Counter-Terrorism; Covert Action and Intelligence; Criminology; Critical Infrastructure Protection; Emergency Organizations and Management; Psychology of Terrorism
Online Bachelor's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $14,105
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 55%
- Example Classes:
American Police Systems; Correctional Systems; Ethics in Criminal Justice; Incident Management & Planning for Emergencies; Strategic Planning: Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness; Terrorism
- Annual Tuition: $14,220
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Acceptance Rate: 78%
- Example Classes:
American Federal Government; Complex Legal, Policy, and Ethical Issues in Homeland Security; Critical Infrastructure Protection; Cybercrime; Disaster Preparedness and Response; Intelligence and Security
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $14,500
- School Type: For-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Acceptance Rate: Open Admissions
- Example Classes:
Criminal Procedure; Emergency Management Procedures; Homeland Security Organization And Administration; Security Assessment And Solutions; Society, Law And Government; Terrorism And Antiterrorism
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