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2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$12,456 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,313 Avg Salary

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

With 14,822 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting is the #13 most popular major in California.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 9 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value master's 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Law Enforcement & Firefighting

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Long Beach the best value school in California for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their master’s degree. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSULB are $8,280 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at San Jose State 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 California. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at San Jose State are $9,286 per year.

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Out of the 9 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - San Bernardino landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSUSB are $8,647 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at California State University - Sacramento helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in California. Located in the city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Sac State graduate students pay an average of $8,826 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at California State University - Stanislaus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in California. Stan State is a large public school located in the suburb of Turlock.

Stan State graduate students pay an average of $9,078 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

University of San Diego did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. USD is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

USD graduate students pay an average of $28,410 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

USD excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in California list.

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#8

National University

La Jolla, CA

With a ranking of #8, National University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at National University are $15,480 per year.

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University of Antelope Valley ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large suburb of Lancaster, UAV is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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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
Washington 718
Oregon 602
Hawaii 270
Nevada 764
Alaska 140

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 9 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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