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

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

With 640 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting is the #15 most popular major in Mississippi.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in Mississippi 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Holmes Community College the most popular online school in Mississippi for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Goodman, Holmes Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 43% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a great place for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their online associate degree. Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Wesson.

Women make up 76% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at the school.

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Out of the 6 online programs at schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, East Mississippi Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the remote area of Scooba, EMCC is a public college with a small student population.

About 62% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 38% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi list. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Perkinston.

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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Out of the 6 online programs at schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Itawamba Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. ICC is a small public school located in the remote town of Fulton.

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

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Strayer University - Mississippi did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Strayer University - Mississippi is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Jackson.

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State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,253
West Virginia 2,543
Florida 6,464
Virginia 3,572
Arkansas 735
South Carolina 1,049
Tennessee 1,330
Louisiana 1,112
Alabama 2,863
Kentucky 1,321
Georgia 2,338

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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 6 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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