2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting is the 12th most popular major in the country with 141,046 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,494 and had an average of $25,120 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 7,746 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,866 and $25,151 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$25,558 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students in 2019-2020.

Northeastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Northeastern

#2

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$17,610 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the #2 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 doctorate’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven also took the #2 spot in our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Haven are $17,610.

Read more about Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at University of New Haven

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting (Income $0-$30k)

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barry Bahler.

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