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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 1,612 people earned their degree in other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting & related protective services, making the major the 355th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 796 other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting & related protective services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 166 other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting & related protective services graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting & related protective services. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting & related protective services.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting & related protective services students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Richmond, Kentucky, and it awarded 118 masters’s other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting & related protective services degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Major in the Southeast Region list. Tulane is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 23 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Tulane University of Louisiana Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 23 masters’s other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting & related protective services degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full VCU Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Leo University landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Leo, Florida, and it awarded 2 masters’s other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting & related protective services degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Saint Leo University Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services 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
- *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.