2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting (Income $30-$48k) in Delaware

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 141,046 people earned their degree in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting, making the major the 12th most popular in the United States. 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 Delaware, there were 334 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,275 and $24,759 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 111 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,767 and $24,717 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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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Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting (Income $30-$48k) in Delaware

#1

Wilmington University

New Castle, Delaware

#1 in overall quality

$15,092 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilmington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in New Castle, Delaware, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 99 degrees to qualified bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students in 2019-2020.

Wilmington University also made our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Delaware” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Wilmington University is $15,092 for Delaware Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Goldey - Beacom College

Wilmington, Delaware

#2 in overall quality

$12,725 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Goldey - Beacom College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $30-$48k. Wilmington, Delaware is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Goldey - Beacom College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Delaware” list. It costs about $12,725 for Delaware Bachelor’s Degree Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Goldey - Beacom College.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting (Income $30-$48k)

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.

Credits

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

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