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Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

7 Colleges
$65,234 Avg Salary
$18,395 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. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Southwest Region to see which online graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Houston - Downtown the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Houston, UH Downtown is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 33% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at the school.

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Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their graduate certificate. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.

About 38% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 63% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a very large student population.

About 40% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 60% are male.

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Out of the 7 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 40% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 60% are male.

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#5

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

Out of the 7 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Angelo State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of San Angelo, Angelo State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 40% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at the school.

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University of Oklahoma Norman 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 graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.

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

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American InterContinental University - Online ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Law Enforcement & Firefighting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. AIU Online is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the rural area of Schaumburg.

Women make up 20% 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 schools 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 7 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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