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2022 Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k

2 Ranked Colleges
19 Degrees Awarded
$20,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master's in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

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 New Mexico, there were 802 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,059 and $21,912 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting. 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting (Income $75-$110k) in New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees to qualified students.

NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275.

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#2

University of the Southwest

Hobbs, New Mexico

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Southwest landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Hobbs, New Mexico, and it awarded 3 masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2019-2020.

USW also took the #0 spot in our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of the Southwest are $22,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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).
  • 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%.

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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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