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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,695 people earned their degree in other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services, making the major the 355th most popular in the United States.
Across Connecticut, there were 98 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 56 other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,551 and $25,342 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
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
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that 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. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut bachelor’s degree vets studying other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting & related protective services.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Bachelor’s list. West Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services degrees to 56 students in 2020-2021.
University of New Haven also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking.Of the 6,961 students enrolled at University of New Haven, 327 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 225 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,535. To help with additional expenses, 86 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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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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