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2023 Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

9 Colleges
$32,705 Avg Salary
$18,593 Avg Student Debt

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors pursuing an online associate degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Bucks County Community College the most popular online school in Pennsylvania for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their associate degree. Bucks County Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Newtown.

Women make up 42% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montgomery County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large suburb of Blue Bell, Montco is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 30% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 70% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Westmoreland County Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Westmoreland College is a small public school located in the rural area of Youngwood.

About 49% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 51% are male.

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#4

Lehigh Carbon Community College

Schnecksville, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lehigh Carbon Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the suburb of Schnecksville, LCCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 27 students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at LCCC, 37% are male and 63% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarion University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Clarion University is a small public school located in the remote town of Clarion.

Women make up 67% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at the school.

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Mansfield University of Pennsylvania ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Mansfield University is a small public school located in the distant town of Mansfield.

Of the 10 students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at Mansfield University, 70% are male and 30% are female.

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#6

Central Penn College

Summerdale, PA

Central Penn College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online associate degree homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting programs. Located in the suburb of Summerdale, Central Penn is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

About 70% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 30% are male.

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#8

Peirce College

Philadelphia, PA

Peirce College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Peirce is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

Of the 7 students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at Peirce, 14% are male and 86% are female.

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Strayer University - Pennsylvania came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Strayer University - Pennsylvania is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Trevose.

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

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

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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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