by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Oregon” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 142,610 people earned their degree in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting, making the major the 12th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,355 and had an average of $25,230 in loans still to pay off.
Across Oregon, there were 728 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,756 and $24,710 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 314 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,095 and $25,983 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Oregon” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Oregon” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Oregon”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Oregon University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Oregon list. Located in Monmouth, Oregon, this small public school awarded 86 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Oregon University landed the #2 spot on the list. La Grande, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Warner Pacific University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Oregon. Warner Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 5 bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Oregon University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Oregon list. Southern Oregon University is a medium-sized school located in Ashland, Oregon that handed out 36 bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southern Oregon University Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Oregon list. Portland State University is a public institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 142 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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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Corban University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Oregon ranking, coming in at #6. Corban University is a small school located in Salem, Oregon that handed out 4 bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Corban
Warner Pacific College Adult Degree Program ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Oregon list. Located in Portland, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students in 2020-2021.
Full Warner Pacific College ADP Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Report
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