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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$15,131 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,313 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master'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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in Pennsylvania to see which master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named West Chester University of Pennsylvania the best value school in Pennsylvania for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WCUPA are $11,898 per year.

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#2

Delaware Valley University

Doylestown, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware Valley University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the suburb of Doylestown, DelVal is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

DelVal graduate students pay an average of $9,282 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Marywood University

Scranton, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Marywood University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Marywood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Scranton.

Marywood graduate students pay an average of $11,438 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 16 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the fringe town of Shippensburg, Ship is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Ship are $11,970 a year.

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#5

Holy Family University

Philadelphia, PA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Holy Family University is a great value for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Holy Family is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Holy Family are $12,181 per year.

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California University of Pennsylvania landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting programs. Cal U is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of California.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal U are $12,919 per year.

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#7

Robert Morris University

Moon Township, PA

With a ranking of #7, Robert Morris 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. RMU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Moon Township.

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#8

Waynesburg University

Waynesburg, PA

Waynesburg University 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 #8 on the list. Waynesburg is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Waynesburg.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Waynesburg are $16,440 per year.

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#9

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

With a ranking of #9, Temple 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 city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a very large student population.

Temple graduate students pay an average of $18,278 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Millersville University of Pennsylvania came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Millersville is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Millersville.

Millersville graduate students pay an average of $11,934 in in-state tuition and fees each 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 16 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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