2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting in Delaware

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Delaware for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Delaware, there were 315 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,380 and $27,744 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 96 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,559 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Delaware for a Master’s” 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.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for delaware master’s degree homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting students.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting in Delaware

1

Wilmington University
New Castle, Delaware

#3 overall quality in Delaware

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilmington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Delaware for a Master’s list. New Castle, Delaware is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees to 94 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Wilmington University

2

University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware

#1 overall quality in Delaware

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Delaware for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #2 spot on the list. UD is a large school located in Newark, Delaware that handed out 2 masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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

3

Wesley College
Dover, Delaware

#5 overall quality in Delaware

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Major in Delaware for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wesley College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Dover, Delaware, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Wesley College 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.