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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services is the 355th most popular major in the country with 1,695 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Illinois, there were 7 other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. Macomb, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
WIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list.Among the 7,490 students enrolled at WIU, 330 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 62 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,652. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Western Illinois University]](/colleges/western-illinois-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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