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Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

2023 Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

9 Colleges
$38,088 Avg Salary
$15,482 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting was ranked #12 in the country. In fact 142,610 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the New England Region to see which undergraduate certificate programs were the most popular 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.

Check out the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

#1

Boston University

Boston, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Boston University the most popular school in the New England Region for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their undergraduate certificate. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Women make up 88% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at the school.

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Out of the 9 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Maine Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Central Maine Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Auburn.

Women make up 25% of the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting majors at the school.

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#3

Beal College

Bangor, ME

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Beal College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Bangor, Beal College is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend White Mountains Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the remote town of Berlin, White Mountains Community College is a public school with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Augusta. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. UMA is a small public school located in the town of Augusta.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lakes Region Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Lakes Region Community College is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of Laconia.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Manchester Community College is a great place for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their undergraduate certificate. MCC is a small public school located in the suburb of Manchester.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Eastern Maine Community College is a great place for homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of Bangor, Eastern Maine Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Nashua Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools in the New England Region . Located in the small city of Nashua, Nashua Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges by State

Explore the best homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 1,785
Maine 289
Rhode Island 582
Massachusetts 2,955
Connecticut 1,629
Vermont 344

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 9 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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