MS in National Security Degree Online

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Next Start Dates: January 19, 2026 | February 16, 2026 | March 23, 2026

Protect Your Country Using a Master’s Degree in National Security

Are you committed to protecting the welfare of your country and its citizens? Pursue a career within the federal government or law enforcement with Liberty University’s Master of Science (MS) in National Security. Your training in the various aspects of national defense policy can help prepare you for leadership, management, or other positions of influence that often require master’s-level credentials and training.

This degree can help you explore how nations use diplomacy, intelligence, and military strength to develop policy and regional stability or to take action in a crisis. You’ll study history, political theory, and public policy analysis. Within our national security-focused courses, you’ll study threat scenarios, defense budgets, and security strategy.

You can explore a wide variety of career opportunities in national security — especially once you have a master’s degree. You could pursue a career as a federal agent, a Secret Service member, a cryptologist, or a security officer. You could even go into fields like intelligence, foreign affairs, logistics, or industrial security.

Your country benefits when people like you stand guard over the welfare of its people. When you pursue your degree through Liberty, you can receive training to help you learn how to lead with integrity in national security.

Your officially conferred degree name will be Master of Science (MS) in National Security.

What Will You Study in Our MS in National Security Online Degree?

Our master’s degree in national security offers comprehensive and advanced training in intelligence, terrorism and counterterrorism, hazard management, and other components of national security. You will explore the historical and contemporary concepts of national security as well as the laws, strategy, and data that guide national security agencies in decision-making.

Throughout the program, you can learn how to:

Analyze the structures, functions, capabilities, and activities of national and international security community members.
Apply a Christian worldview to aspects of the national security context.
Apply knowledge of the literature in the discipline of national security to research and analysis of national security strategy, policy, and execution.
Prescribe responses to contemporary and anticipated threats to national security.

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Why Choose Liberty’s Online Degree?

Choosing where you’ll pursue your master’s degree is an important decision. When you choose Liberty, you’re choosing a well-respected, globally recognized, accredited university. You’re also choosing flexibility with course scheduling and academic excellence that is grounded in Christian principles and values.

Liberty University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). This means that all of our degree programs have met rigorous academic standards and accreditation requirements. You can rest assured that you’ll be earning a challenging degree that can help equip you for the real world.

We’re also committed to Training Champions for Christ. Every professor in this program is dedicated to teaching from a biblical perspective. We understand that while you pursue your degree, you’ll still have family, work, and extracurricular responsibilities. This degree can be completed 100% online with 8-week courses available and no set login times. So choose Liberty, and stay committed to both your personal priorities and your career success.

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Transfer in up to 75% of an Undergrad Degree
Transfer in up to 50% of a Grad/Doctoral Degree

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Career Opportunities for MS in National Security Online Graduates

Cryptologist
Defense program project manager
Elected official
Federal law enforcement officer
Foreign affairs officer
Government manager/executive
Industrial security analyst
Intelligence analyst

Legislative aide
Logistics specialist
National security analyst
Policy analyst
Professor
Research specialist
Secret service member
Security officer

MS in National Security Degree Options

Check out the available specializations for our program:

Generalized Track (No Specialization)

Liberty University’s MS in National Security – generalized track* can help give you a solid foundation in government law enforcement while providing the flexibility you need for your schedule. With the general track, you will have 9 credit hours of free electives that you can fill with the graduate-level government courses of your choosing!

View the Degree Completion Plan.

*Please note that this is not a specialization. Any reference using the term “General” is the main degree and is only used to differentiate from other specializations.

Homeland Security

Our MS in National Security – Homeland Security program can help you develop advanced professional skills in research while you focus on security, transportation disaster response, anti-terrorism, and intelligence. You can develop an awareness of the internal workings of the criminal justice and national security departments so you can learn how to serve efficiently at all levels of government.

View the Degree Completion Plan.

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Tuition & Aid

At Liberty University, a private Christian education is less expensive than you think. Over the last 10 years, Liberty University’s Online Program has only raised its standard tuition costs by less than 5% – and most of our online tuition rates rank in the top 35% for affordability for 2025 when compared to our leading online competitors.

Graduate Full Time	$580/Credit
Graduate Part Time	$645/Credit
Military Graduate	$290/Credit

These rates are reflective of academic year 2025-2026. Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.

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Admission Information for Our MS in National Security Online Degree

Admission Requirements

Apply online or over the phone with an admissions counselor by calling (800) 424-9596.
- A non-refundable, non-transferable $50 application fee will be posted on the current application upon enrollment (waived for qualifying service members, veterans, and military spouses – documentation verifying military status is required).
Send official college transcripts (mailed as sealed, unopened copies or sent via a direct electronic transcript system). A regionally or nationally accredited bachelor’s degree with at least a 3.0 GPA is required for admission in good standing. Applicants who have earned a master’s degree or at least 12 graduate credits from an accredited institution will be assessed on the basis of the master’s-level degree work.
- Unofficial transcripts can be used for acceptance purposes with the submission of a Transcript Request Form.
Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an approved alternative assessment. For information on alternative assessments or TOEFL waivers, please call Admissions or view the official International Admissions policy.

Preliminary Acceptance

If you are sending in a preliminary transcript for acceptance, you must:

Be in your final term and planning to start your master’s degree after the last day of class for your bachelor’s degree.
Complete a Bachelor’s Self-Certification Form confirming your completion date. You may download the form from the Forms and Downloads page or contact an admissions counselor to submit the form on your behalf.
Submit an official/unofficial transcript to confirm that you are in your final term. The preliminary transcript must show a minimum of 105 completed credit hours.
If you are a current Liberty University student completing your undergraduate degree, you will need to submit a Degree/Certificate Completion Application.
Send in an additional, final official transcript with a conferral date on it by the end of your first semester of enrollment in the new master’s degree.

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Transcript Policies

Unofficial College Transcript Policy

Unofficial transcripts combined with a Transcript Request Form can be used for admission. Official transcripts are required within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first, and will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.

Before sending unofficial college transcripts, please make sure they include the following:

Your previous school’s name or logo printed on the document
Cumulative GPA
A list of completed courses and earned credit broken down by semester
Degree and date conferred (if applicable)

Official College Transcript Policy

An acceptable official college transcript is one that has been issued directly from the institution and is in a sealed envelope. If you have one in your possession, it must meet the same requirements. If your previous institution offers electronic official transcript processing, they can send the document directly to luoverify@liberty.edu.

If the student uses unofficial transcripts with a Transcript Request Form to gain acceptance, all official transcripts must be received within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first. Failure to send all official transcripts within the 60-day period will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.

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Liberty University is dedicated to providing world-class educational experiences to military students across the globe.

Who May Qualify?

Active Duty
Reserve/National Guard
Veterans/Retirees
Spouses of Service Members and Veterans/Retirees
Current Department of Defense Employees

Available Benefits:

Tuition discounts – $290 per credit hour for graduate courses
Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder*
8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)

*Not applicable to certificates.

These rates are reflective of academic year 2025-2026. Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.

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Protect Your Country Using a Master’s Degree in National Security

What Will You Study in Our MS in National Security Online Degree?

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Why Choose Liberty’s Online Degree?

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Career Opportunities for MS in National Security Online Graduates

MS in National Security Degree Options

Generalized Track (No Specialization)

Homeland Security

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Admission Information for Our MS in National Security Online Degree

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