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2023 Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in Minnesota

8 Colleges
$44,283 Avg Salary
$31,982 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 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 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 Schools in Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in Minnesota to see which ones were the most popular 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges.

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

The excellent programs at Capella University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in Minnesota. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of St Thomas Minnesota is a great place for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students. Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#4

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

The excellent programs at Saint Cloud State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in Minnesota. St. Cloud State University is a large public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.

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#6

Crown College

Saint Bonifacius, MN

Crown College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in Minnesota ranking. Crown is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Saint Bonifacius.

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With a ranking of #6, Minnesota State University - Mankato did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the city of Mankato.

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With a ranking of #8, Metropolitan State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students. Metro State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Saint Paul.

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Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

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 8 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.

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