2022 Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 District of Columbia” 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 District of Columbia, there were 479 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,380 and $37,444 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia”.

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Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting in District of Columbia

#1

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia list. American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees to qualified students.

The American University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at American University are $35,524.

Read full report on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at American University

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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%.

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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