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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Alaska” 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 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 Alaska, there were 231 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,434 and $23,641 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Alaska” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting. To top this list, a school must have a successful homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 “Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Alaska” list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Alaska”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized school located in Fairbanks, Alaska that handed out 112 ’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Alaska list. UAA is a fairly large school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 28 ’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UAA Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Southeast. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Alaska list. University of Alaska Southeast is located in Juneau, Alaska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 91 ’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full UAS Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Report
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