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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$10,805 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 #11 most popular major in Florida with 970 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Florida 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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Our analysis found University of Florida to be the best value school for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Florida. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $12,737 per year.

UF not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list.

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. UCF is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.

UCF graduate students pay an average of $8,872 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UCF did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at University of Central Florida Report

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 44
North Carolina 111
Virginia 858
Tennessee 131
Georgia 136
South Carolina 70
Louisiana 262
West Virginia 543
Kentucky 340
Arkansas 45
Alabama 454

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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