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2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in Wisconsin

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,727 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,137 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 43 degrees and certificates were awarded to homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students who went to a Wisconsin college or university. This makes it the #25 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in Wisconsin to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Wisconsin to see which ones offered the best value 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.

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

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

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

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

Best Wisconsin Schools for Affordable Quality in Law Enforcement & Firefighting

$7,844 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Platteville the best value school in Wisconsin for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students. UW - Platteville is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Platteville.

UW - Platteville undergraduate students pay an average of $7,844 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$9,610 Average Tuition & Fees

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

UWM undergraduate students pay an average of $9,610 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
Indiana 216
Ohio 262
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 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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