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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.
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 Southeast region, there were 873 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 187 other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 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 Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting & related protective services students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Major in the Southeast Region list. Eastern Kentucky University is located in Richmond, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 143 masters’s other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Major in the Southeast Region list. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 31 masters’s other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. 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 Southeast Region. This large school is located in Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 12 masters’s other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Leo University landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Leo, Florida, and it awarded 1 masters’s other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services degrees in 2020-2021.
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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.