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Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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

33 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

The Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 33 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular online bachelor's degree programs 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 Plains States Region .

#1

Waldorf University

Forest City, IA

Our analysis found Waldorf University 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 Plains States Region . Located in the town of Forest City, Waldorf is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

About 18% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 82% are male.

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#2

Park University

Parkville, MO

Out of the 33 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Park University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Parkville, Park University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 67% are male.

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Out of the 33 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the # 3 spot on the list. UCM is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Warrensburg.

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

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#4

Grantham University

Lenexa, KS

Out of the 33 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grantham University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Lenexa, Grantham University is a private for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 39% 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 Wichita State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Wichita.

About 69% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 31% are male.

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Bemidji State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online bachelor’s degree homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting programs. Located in the remote town of Bemidji, Bemidji State University is a public school with a small student population.

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

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#7

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

With a ranking of #7, Capella 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. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

Of the 64 students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at Capella University, 34% are male and 66% are female.

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#8

Wayne State College

Wayne, NE

Wayne State College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. WSC is a small public school located in the town of Wayne.

About 50% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 50% are male.

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With a ranking of #9, Southeast Missouri 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. Located in the small city of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri State University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 53 students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at Southeast Missouri State University, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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Fort Hays State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online bachelor’s degree homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting programs. Located in the town of Hays, FHSU is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 53 students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at FHSU, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 722
Minnesota 1,643
Iowa 883
South Dakota 154
Missouri 1,500
Nebraska 729
North Dakota 271

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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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