2023 Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Washington for a Master’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Washington for a Master’s” ranking.

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 Washington, there were 889 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,187 and $22,163 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,852 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Washington for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Washington for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Washington for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting in Washington

1

Seattle University
Seattle, Washington

#2 overall quality in Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seattle University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Washington for a Master’s. This medium-sized school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 39 masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Seattle University

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Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

#5 overall quality in Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Washington for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Ellensburg, Washington, and it awarded 14 masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Central Washington University Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barry Bahler.