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Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico

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2023 Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico

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$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 #24 most popular major in New Mexico with 13 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Mexico to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our analysis found New Mexico State University - Main Campus to be the most popular school for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students who want to pursue a master’s degree in New Mexico. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

Of the 12 students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at NMSU Main Campus, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at New Mexico State University - Main Campus Report

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of the Southwest helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in New Mexico. USW is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Hobbs.

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 700
Texas 743
Oklahoma 124

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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