by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 the New England region, there were 7,956 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,627 and $23,909 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4,161 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 68 colleges that offer a degree in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting. That schools that top this list have a program in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Anna Maria College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region list. Anna Maria College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Paxton, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 106 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region. Massachusetts Maritime Academy is a public institution located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 79 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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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Out of the 68 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mitchell College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in New London, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 25 degrees to qualified bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Haven. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region. University of New Haven is a medium-sized school located in West Haven, Connecticut that handed out 439 bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norwich University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Northfield, Vermont, and it awarded 138 bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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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Thomas College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region ranking. Thomas College is a small school located in Waterville, Maine that handed out 28 bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.
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Westfield State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Westfield, Massachusetts, and it awarded 150 bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Bay State College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region list. Bay State College is a private for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Curry College ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region list. Located in Milton, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 71 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students in 2020-2021.
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Western Connecticut State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #10. WestConn is a public institution located in Danbury, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 102 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Roger Williams University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region ranking. Roger Williams University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bristol, Rhode Island. It awarded 109 bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Fisher College landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region ranking. Fisher College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Husson University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region ranking. Bangor, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees to 66 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Charter Oak State College landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region ranking. Charter Oak State College is a public institution located in New Britain, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Maine at Presque Isle did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #15. Presque Isle, Maine 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 14 students in 2020-2021.
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Dean College came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region ranking. Dean College is located in Franklin, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees to qualified students.
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Post University ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region list. Post University is a private for-profit institution located in Waterbury, Connecticut. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 137 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #18, Salem State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region list. Located in Salem, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school handed out 119 degrees to qualified bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students in 2020-2021.
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Salve Regina University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #19. Newport, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees to 51 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Salve Regina University Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Report
Bridgewater State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #20. Bridgewater, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees to 161 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #21, Worcester State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region list. Worcester State is a public institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 88 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Nichols College ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region list. Dudley, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
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Franklin Pierce University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region ranking. Franklin Pierce is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Rindge, New Hampshire. It awarded 27 bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Northern Vermont University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #24. This small school is located in Johnson, Vermont, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.
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Keene State College ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Keene, New Hampshire, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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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