Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting is a program of study at Illinois State University. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors, Illinois State came in at #32. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #2 in Illinois.
Here are some of the other rankings for Illinois State.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Illinois State paid an average of $768 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $384 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $10,741 | $19,904 |
Fees | $2,374 | $2,374 |
Books and Supplies | $820 | $820 |
On Campus Room and Board | $9,850 | $9,850 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $5,764 | $5,764 |
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Illinois State does not offer an online option for its homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Illinois State Online Learning page.
About 46.9% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 51.3%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 35.0% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting bachelor’s degrees at Illinois State in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 47%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 31 |
Hispanic or Latino | 20 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 104 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Criminal Justice & Corrections | 160 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.