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2023 Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

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

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting is the #12 most popular major in the country with 142,610 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Law Enforcement & Firefighting

Our analysis found Benedictine University to be the best school for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lisle.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Western Illinois University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#3

Franklin University

Columbus, OH

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Franklin University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in the Great Lakes Region . Franklin University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Columbus.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Report

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a great place for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their graduate certificate. UC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

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Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges by State

Explore the best homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,647
Michigan 2,277
Ohio 3,212
Illinois 3,067
Wisconsin 1,324

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections 113,121
Fire Protection 13,766
Homeland Security 7,140
Security Science and Technology 6,888
Other Homeland Security 1,695

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration & Social Service 98,583
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 73,813
Legal Professions 61,055
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 4,477

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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