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 Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Maryland” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting is the 12th most popular major in the country with 142,610 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Maryland, there were 2,281 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,473 and $26,554 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 276 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,303 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 4 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Maryland”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Coppin State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Coppin State University is a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Baltimore. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Maryland list. University of Baltimore is a small school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 39 masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Towson University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Maryland. This large school is located in Towson, Maryland, and it awarded 20 masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #4 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 0 masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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