2022 Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Oregon

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Oregon” 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 Oregon, there were 658 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,513 and $23,659 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon master’s degree homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting in Oregon

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$23,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 12 masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Portland State University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Portland State 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.

Credits

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

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