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

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 Master’s in Arkansas” 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 Arkansas, there were 1,413 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,100 and $24,400 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting in Arkansas

#1

Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Jonesboro, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$11,586 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas 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 Arkansas. Arkansas State University - Main Campus is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting degrees to qualified students.

A-State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at A-State are $11,586, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$12,087 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas list. Located in Russellville, Arkansas, this fairly large public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified masters’s homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students in 2019-2020.

ATU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arkansas Tech University are $12,087.

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

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