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2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Alaska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,986 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,705 Avg Salary

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

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting is one of the most popular subjects to study in Alaska. With 140 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 7th 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Alaska ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alaska to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Alaska

Check out the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Alaska Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Law Enforcement & Firefighting

Our analysis found University of Alaska Anchorage to be the best value school for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students who want to pursue a associate degree in Alaska. Located in the city of Anchorage, UAA is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UAA are $8,750 a year.

UAA also took the #2 spot in our Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Alaska rankings.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at University of Alaska Anchorage Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Alaska list. UAF is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of Fairbanks.

UAF undergraduate students pay an average of $9,221 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UAF did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Alaska list.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at University of Alaska Fairbanks Report

Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 14,822
Washington 718
Oregon 602
Hawaii 270
Nevada 764

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 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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