2022 Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 141,046 people earned their degree in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting, making the major the 12th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,494 and had an average of $25,120 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 753 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,025 and $24,266 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 237 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,964 and $13,187 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting (Income $30-$48k) in Mississippi

#1

Hinds Community College

Raymond, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$3,556 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Hinds Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Raymond, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Hinds Community College also made our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Hinds Community College is $3,556 for Mississippi Associate Degree Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Itawamba Community College

Fulton, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$4,847 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Itawamba Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k. Itawamba Community College is a small public school situated in Fulton, Mississippi. It awarded 28 associates’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ICC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. It costs about $4,847 for Mississippi Associate Degree Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Itawamba Community College.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting (Income $30-$48k)

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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