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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 168 other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 72 other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for an Associate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ocean County College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for an Associate list. This medium-sized school is located in Toms River, New Jersey, and it awarded 1 associates’s other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree vets studying other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting & related protective services list, OCC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 7,480 students enrolled at Ocean County College, 204 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 99 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,164. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Ocean County College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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