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2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

41 Colleges
$17,359 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,440 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor's Degree School for You

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting is the #11 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 4,059 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 41 schools in Pennsylvania to see which bachelor's 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found West Chester University of Pennsylvania to be the best value school for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Pennsylvania. Located in the suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public college with a large student population.

WCUPA undergraduate students pay an average of $10,423 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Lock Haven University

Lock Haven, PA

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Lock Haven University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the distant town of Lock Haven, LHU is a public school with a small student population.

LHU undergraduate students pay an average of $10,878 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the small city of Bloomsburg, Bloomsburg is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bloomsburg are $10,982 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Cal U is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of California.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cal U are $11,108 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Clarion University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Clarion University is a small public school located in the remote town of Clarion.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Clarion University are $11,173 a year.

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Kutztown University of Pennsylvania ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Kutztown University is a moderately-sized public school located in the fringe town of Kutztown.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kutztown University are $11,062 per year.

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#7

Lincoln University

Lincoln University, PA

Lincoln University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting programs. Lincoln is a small public school located in the suburb of Lincoln University.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lincoln are $11,556 a year.

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East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. East Stroudsburg University is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of East Stroudsburg.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at East Stroudsburg University are $11,259 per year.

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Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in the town of Shippensburg, Ship is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Ship undergraduate students pay an average of $13,394 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Mansfield University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Mansfield University is a small public school located in the town of Mansfield.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mansfield University are $10,682 per year.

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Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 3,309
New York 9,990
Maryland 1,426
Delaware 314
District of Columbia 564

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 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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