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2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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$0 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,234 Avg Salary

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting was ranked #15 in the country. In fact 13,045 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. 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 Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate School

Our analysis found University of Colorado at Colorado Springs to be the best value school for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

UCCS graduate students pay an average of $25,584 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges by State

Explore the best homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 36
Colorado 272
Montana 1
Idaho 5

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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