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2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master's Degree Schools in Indiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$10,422 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,313 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Indiana to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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. 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 Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Law Enforcement & Firefighting

Our analysis found Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses to be the best value school for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Indiana. Trine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Wayne.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Trine are $10,350 per year.

Trine also took the #5 spot in our Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana rankings.

Read full report on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses

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 working on their master’s degree. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at IU Bloomington are $11,329 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, IU Bloomington is ranked #4 for overall quality for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting in Indiana.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Indiana University - Bloomington Report

#3

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

The excellent master’s degree programs at Purdue University Global helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in Indiana. Purdue University Global is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

Purdue University Global graduate students pay an average of $9,530 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Located in the rural area of Marion, IWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

IWU graduate students pay an average of $10,440 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at IUPUI are $10,389 per year.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Report

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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