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Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$38,456 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$72,554 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor's Degree School for You

With 261 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting is the #15 most popular major in District of Columbia.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor's Degree School

#1

American University

Washington, DC

Our analysis found American University to be the best value school for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in District of Columbia. The American University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at The American University are $38,456 per year.

The American University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

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

Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,240
Pennsylvania 625
Maryland 293
New Jersey 162
Delaware 102

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections 7,783
Homeland Security 2,759
Security Science and Technology 1,875
Other Homeland Security 456
Fire Protection 172

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration & Social Service 53,252
Legal Professions 45,189
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 10,452
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 1,613

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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