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2022 Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Colorado

5 Ranked Colleges
257 Degrees Awarded
$19,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master's in Colorado

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 “Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting is the 12th most popular major in the country with 141,046 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Colorado, there were 2,546 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,933 and $24,455 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 257 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Colorado”.

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Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Colorado.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting in Colorado

#1

Colorado State University - Global Campus

Greenwood Village, Colorado
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Global Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado State University - Global Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Greenwood Village, Colorado. It awarded 33 masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State University - Global Campus also took the #3 spot in our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Global Campus are $9,000, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Colorado State University - Global Campus Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs landed the #2 spot on the list. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a private for-profit institution located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 149 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs are $14,413.

Full Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Report

#3

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Colorado. Colorado Springs, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCCS, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs are $25,774, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 13 masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Colorado. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Colorado. University of Northern Colorado is located in Greeley, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees to qualified students.

University of Northern Colorado not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708.

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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

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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