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2023 Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in the New England Region

37 Colleges
$43,627 Avg Salary
$23,909 Avg Student Debt

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

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.

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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 Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 37 schools in the New England Region to see which 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Southern New Hampshire University the most popular school in the New England Region for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT

The excellent programs at University of New Haven helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in the New England Region . University of New Haven is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of West Haven.

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Out of the 37 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the # 3 spot on the list. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.

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#4

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI

Out of the 37 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Salve Regina University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Newport, Salve Regina is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#5

Boston University

Boston, MA

Out of the 37 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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#6

New England College

Henniker, NH

With a ranking of #6, New England College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students. NEC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Henniker.

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With a ranking of #7, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#8

Anna Maria College

Paxton, MA

Anna Maria College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting programs. Anna Maria is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Paxton.

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Northeastern University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #10, Roger Williams University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.

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Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 563
Rhode Island 158
Connecticut 329
New Hampshire 497
Maine 16
Vermont 71

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 26 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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