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

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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 Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Minnesota to see which master's degree programs were the most popular 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.

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Women make up 61% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Concordia University, Saint Paul helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in Minnesota. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 27 students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at Concordia University, Saint Paul, 78% are male and 22% are female.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Concordia University, Saint Paul Report

Out of the 7 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 10 students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at UST MN, 60% are male and 40% are female.

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#4

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

Out of the 7 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. St. Cloud State University is a large public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.

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

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Minnesota State University - Mankato did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the city of Mankato.

Read full report on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Minnesota State University - Mankato

With a ranking of #7, Metropolitan State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their master’s degree. Metro State is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

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

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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 7 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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