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2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$18,242 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$72,554 Avg Salary

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

With 162 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting is the #20 most popular major in New Jersey.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Law Enforcement & Firefighting

Our 2023 rankings named Rutgers University - Newark the best value school in New Jersey for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their doctor’s degree. Rutgers Newark is a fairly large public school located in the city of Newark.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rutgers Newark are $20,466 per year.

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#2

New Jersey City University

Jersey City, NJ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New Jersey City University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the large city of Jersey City, NJCU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

NJCU graduate students pay an average of $16,018 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NJCU also took the #2 spot in our Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey rankings.

Read full report on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at New Jersey City University

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

Explore all the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,240
Pennsylvania 625
Maryland 293
District of Columbia 261
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 averages are for the top 2 schools 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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