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2023 Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$33,280 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,088 Avg Salary

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting was ranked #12 in the country. In fact 142,610 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Law Enforcement & Firefighting

Our analysis found Central Maine Community College to be the best value school for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the New England Region . Central Maine Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Auburn.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Central Maine Technical College are $6,744 a year.

Read full report on Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Central Maine Community College

#2

Boston University

Boston, MA

Out of the 3 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Boston U are $59,816 per year.

Boston U excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Boston University Report

#3

Beal College

Bangor, ME

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Beal College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the small city of Bangor, Beal College is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges by State

Explore the best homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 1,785
Maine 289
Rhode Island 582
Massachusetts 2,955
Connecticut 1,629
Vermont 344

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 3 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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