2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$33,200
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Oregon, there were 728 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,756 and $24,710 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Oregon
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting for a Master’s list. Portland State University is a large public school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 14 masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2020-2021.
Portland State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list.Among the 23,640 students enrolled at Portland State University, 1,127 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 739 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,835. During this same period, 100 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Portland State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Portland State University]](/colleges/portland-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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