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2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in Montana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$5,955 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,282 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 57 degrees and certificates were awarded to homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students who went to a Montana college or university. This makes it the #27 most popular major 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.

The Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools in Montana ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges.

Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting School

$5,955 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Montana State University - Northern to be the best value school for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students who want to pursue a degree in Montana. Located in the remote town of Havre, Montana State University - Northern is a public college with a small student population.

Montana State University - Northern undergraduate students pay an average of $5,955 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at Montana State University - Northern accumulate an average of around $24,945 in student debt.

Read full report on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Montana State University - Northern

Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 1,591
Utah 808
Idaho 312
Wyoming 202

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 values are for the top school 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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