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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services is the 355th most popular major in the country with 1,695 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Massachusetts, there were 113 other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 79 other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,029 and $25,475 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Bachelor’s” 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. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts bachelor’s degree vets studying other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting & related protective services.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Maritime Academy. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, this small public school awarded 79 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services students in 2020-2021.
Maritime also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking.According to our most recent data, Massachusetts Maritime Academy supports 1,637 students, and 75 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 31 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,796. To help with additional expenses, 10 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Massachusetts Maritime Academy does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Massachusetts Maritime Academy]](/colleges/massachusetts-maritime-academy/student-life/veterans/)
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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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