2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree School for You
With 640 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting is the #15 most popular major in Mississippi.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Mississippi to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Mississippi Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Law Enforcement & Firefighting
Our 2023 rankings named Itawamba Community College the best value school in Mississippi for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their associate degree. ICC is a small public school located in the town of Fulton.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ICC are $3,160 a year.
ICC also took the #2 spot in our Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi rankings.
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Out of the 2 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Perkinston.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,950 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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North Carolina | 3,253 |
West Virginia | 2,543 |
South Carolina | 1,049 |
Florida | 6,464 |
Virginia | 3,572 |
Arkansas | 735 |
Alabama | 2,863 |
Kentucky | 1,321 |
Georgia | 2,338 |
Tennessee | 1,330 |
Louisiana | 1,112 |
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Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Related Majors for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Criminal Justice & Corrections | 113,121 |
Fire Protection | 13,766 |
Homeland Security | 7,140 |
Security Science and Technology | 6,888 |
Other Homeland Security | 1,695 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.