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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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 Virginia for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Virginia, there were 112 other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services for a Master’s list. Virginia Commonwealth University is a large public school situated in Richmond, Virginia. It awarded 12 masters’s other homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at VCU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 29,070 students enrolled at Virginia Commonwealth University were GI Bill® students, of which 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,085. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Virginia Commonwealth University offers 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at VCU]](/colleges/virginia-commonwealth-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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