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2023 Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

6 Colleges
$65,234 Avg Salary
$18,395 Avg Student Debt

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting is the #15 most popular major in the country with 13,045 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Western Illinois University the most popular online school in the Great Lakes Region for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 50% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at the school.

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#2

Franklin University

Columbus, OH

Out of the 6 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Franklin University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Franklin University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Columbus.

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#3

Walsh College

Troy, MI

Out of the 6 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Walsh College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Walsh is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Troy.

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#4

Notre Dame College

Cleveland, OH

Out of the 6 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Notre Dame College landed the # 4 spot on the list. NDC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Cleveland.

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#4

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ball State University is a great place for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a very large student population.

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#4

Xavier University

Cincinnati, OH

Out of the 6 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Xavier University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Xavier is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cincinnati.

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State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 347
Indiana 216
Ohio 262
Wisconsin 43
Michigan 136

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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 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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