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Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

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2023 Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

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Finding the Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,324 degrees and certificates were awarded to homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students who went to a Wisconsin college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Wisconsin to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Platteville the most popular school in Wisconsin for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their master’s degree. UW - Platteville is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Platteville.

About 56% of the students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at the school are women while 44% are male.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at University of Wisconsin - Platteville Report

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in Wisconsin. UWM is a very large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.

Of the 4 students majoring in homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting at UWM, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Report

Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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 2 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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