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2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in Nebraska

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,223 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,290 Avg Salary

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

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting is the #14 most popular major in Nebraska with 75 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Nebraska to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Nebraska 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 Nebraska

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

Best Nebraska Schools for Affordable Quality in Law Enforcement & Firefighting

$8,136 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska at Omaha the best value school in Nebraska for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students. Located in the city of Omaha, UNOMAHA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UNOMAHA undergraduate students pay an average of $8,136 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE
$8,310 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellevue University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in Nebraska list. Bellevue University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bellevue.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bellevue University are $8,310 per 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
Minnesota 448
Iowa 47
North Dakota 7

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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