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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Major in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,695 people earned their degree in other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services, making the major the 355th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 213 other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting & related protective services students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Maritime Academy landed the #1 spot on the list. Massachusetts Maritime Academy is located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the #2 spot on the list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 39 masters’s other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Major in the New England Region. UCONN is a public institution located in Storrs, Connecticut. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Best Value Master's Degree Colleges for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services in the New England Region
Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services students in the New England Region
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.