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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$13,082 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 one of the most popular subjects to study in Minnesota. With 448 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 9th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Minnesota to see which master's degree 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Mankato the best value school in Minnesota for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their master’s degree. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the city of Mankato.

Minnesota State Mankato graduate students pay an average of $9,308 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Concordia University, Saint Paul are $8,550 a year.

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#3

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Cloud State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. St. Cloud State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.

St. Cloud State University graduate students pay an average of $9,192 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of St Thomas Minnesota helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in Minnesota. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

UST MN graduate students pay an average of $23,736 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UST MN is ranked #1 for overall quality for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting in Minnesota.

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#6

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Capella University are $14,784 a year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 49
Missouri 229
Iowa 47
North Dakota 7
Nebraska 75

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 6 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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