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2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$12,919 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,234 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate School for You

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting is the #15 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 625 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Law Enforcement & Firefighting

Our 2023 rankings named California University of Pennsylvania the best value school in Pennsylvania for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small suburb of California, Cal U is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Cal U are $12,919 a year.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at California University of Pennsylvania Report

#2

DeSales University

Center Valley, PA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at DeSales University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in Pennsylvania. DeSales is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Center Valley.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at DeSales are $21,120 a year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,240
Maryland 293
New Jersey 162
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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