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2023 Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

36 Colleges
$36,440 Avg Salary
$30,522 Avg Student Debt

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting is the #12 most popular major in the country with 142,610 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 36 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which online bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

#1

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

Our analysis found Purdue University Global to be the most popular school for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students who want to pursue an online bachelor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue University Global is a very large public school located in the small city of Indianapolis.

Of the 579 students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at Purdue University Global, 59% are male and 41% are female.

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The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at Western Illinois University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the remote town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 283 students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at WIU, 62% are male and 38% are female.

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#3

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 62% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at the school.

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#4

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Lewis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Romeoville.

About 53% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 47% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. SIUE is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Edwardsville.

Women make up 54% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at the school.

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Loyola University Chicago came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 72% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 28% are male.

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Union Institute & University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Union is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cincinnati.

About 17% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 83% are male.

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Northern Michigan University 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 bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the remote town of Marquette, Northern Michigan University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 49% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at the school.

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#9

Franklin University

Columbus, OH

Franklin University 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 bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Franklin University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Columbus.

Of the 54 students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at Franklin University, 54% are male and 46% are female.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus 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 bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 53 students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at OHIO Athens, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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Explore the most popular online homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,647
Michigan 2,277
Ohio 3,212
Illinois 3,067
Wisconsin 1,324

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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 25 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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