2022 Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Kentucky, there were 1,783 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,592 and $25,438 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting programs that also have a lower cost than 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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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 “Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky doctor’s degree homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting (Income $30-$48k) in Kentucky

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #1 spot on the list. Louisville, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UofL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisville are $27,575, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

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

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