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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

17 Colleges
$14,198 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 #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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master's Degree Schools in Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 17 schools in Florida 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Florida

Check out the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Florida - Main Campus the best value school in Florida for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USF Tampa are $10,428 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list. UCF is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Orlando.

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

UCF excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list.

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#3

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

The excellent master’s degree programs at Florida Atlantic University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in Florida. Located in the city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public college with a very large student population.

FAU graduate students pay an average of $6,693 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in Florida. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UF are $12,737 a year.

UF also made our Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list, coming in at #1.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Florida Gulf Coast University is a great value for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at FGCU are $8,971 per year.

FGCU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Florida Gulf Coast University Report

#6

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Florida State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting programs. Florida State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tallahassee.

Florida State graduate students pay an average of $11,553 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Florida State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list.

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With a ranking of #7, The University of West Florida did quite well on this year’s best value schools for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Pensacola, UWF is a public college with a large student population.

UWF graduate students pay an average of $9,062 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting programs. Located in the city of Daytona Beach, Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Embry-Riddle Worldwide graduate students pay an average of $8,936 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Florida International University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. FIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Miami.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at FIU are $11,106 a year.

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#10

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL

University of North Florida landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting programs. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNF are $10,364 per year.

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

Explore all the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges 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 17 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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