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2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in Indiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$10,185 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,749 Avg Salary

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

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting is the #18 most popular major in Indiana with 216 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Schools in Indiana ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Indiana to see which 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in Indiana

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

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality in Law Enforcement & Firefighting

$9,576 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses the best value school in Indiana for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students. Trine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Wayne.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Trine are $9,576 per year.

Trine also made our Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in Indiana list, coming in at #4.

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$11,333 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Bloomington is a great value for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at IU Bloomington are $11,333 per year.

IU Bloomington not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in Indiana list.

Read full report on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Indiana University - Bloomington

$10,044 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in Indiana. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at IUPUI are $10,044 a year.

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#4

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN
$10,125 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Purdue University Global helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in Indiana. Purdue University Global is a very large public school located in the small city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Purdue University Global are $10,125 a year.

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$9,239 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global is a great value for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students. Located in the rural area of Marion, IWU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

IWU undergraduate students pay an average of $9,239 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 347
Ohio 262
Wisconsin 43
Michigan 136

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

Majors Similar to Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

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 5 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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