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2023 Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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$72,554 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting was ranked #15 in the country. In fact 13,045 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular online doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Sam Houston State University the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their doctor’s degree. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

About 40% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 60% are male.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Sam Houston State University Report

#2

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Tarleton is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stephenville.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Tarleton State University Report

Explore the most popular online homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 700
Texas 743
Oklahoma 124
New Mexico 13

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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 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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