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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the New England Region for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Master’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 the New England region, there were 213 other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 the New England Region for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Master’s”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the #1 spot on the list. West Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of New Haven, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 6,961 students enrolled at University of New Haven, 327 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 225 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,535. During this same period, 86 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of New Haven does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Maritime Academy landed the #2 spot on the list. Maritime is a small school located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts that handed out 16 masters’s other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree vets studying other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting & related protective services list, Maritime has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 75 of the 1,637 students enrolled at Maritime were GI Bill® students, of which 31 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,796. In addition to receiving other benefits, 10 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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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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