2022 Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Alaska, there were 191 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $18,630 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting (Income $0-$30k) in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$24,287 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k list. UAF is a medium-sized school located in Fairbanks, Alaska that handed out 19 masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2019-2020.

UAF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAF are $24,287, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at University of Alaska Fairbanks

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’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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