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

26 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.

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The Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 26 schools in the Southwest 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Sam Houston State University the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 63% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at the school.

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Out of the 26 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the # 2 spot on the list. UOPX - Arizona is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Tempe.

Women make up 56% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at the school.

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#3

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Grand Canyon University is a great place for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their online bachelor’s degree. Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Phoenix.

Of the 506 students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at Grand Canyon University, 55% are male and 45% are female.

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The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at American InterContinental University - Online helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in the Southwest Region . AIU Online is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the rural area of Schaumburg.

Of the 300 students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at AIU Online, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at American InterContinental University - Online Report

Out of the 26 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the # 5 spot on the list. UNT is a very large public school located in the city of Denton.

About 59% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 41% are male.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at University of North Texas Report

Arizona State University - Skysong 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 #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 63% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at the school.

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University of Houston - Downtown ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH Downtown is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 65% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 35% are male.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at University of Houston - Downtown Report

New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Las Cruces.

Of the 138 students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at NMSU Main Campus, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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With a ranking of #9, Northeastern State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their online bachelor’s degree. NSU is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Tahlequah.

About 52% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 48% are male.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at Northeastern State University Report

#10

Wayland Baptist University

Plainview, TX

Wayland Baptist University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the town of Plainview, Wayland Baptist University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 3,897
Texas 8,278
New Mexico 630
Oklahoma 1,017

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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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