Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other

977 students earn a homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services, other credential each year across 53 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $46,735
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $65,519

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Bachelor's programs — 22 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida159$43,6661 year out—$12,000 2Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia91$45,6961 year out$65,519$21,500 3St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg, Florida73$49,2711 year out$61,750$37,970 4Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, Massachusetts69$55,7021 year out$81,977$25,000 5Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida42$37,5611 year out$56,270$20,221 6Neumann UniversityAston, Pennsylvania34$125,3911 year out$143,575$18,664 7Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida32$50,0911 year out$43,440$23,222 8Tiffin UniversityTiffin, Ohio32$46,1451 year out$68,814$27,000 9Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey25—1 year out—$16,245 10Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana24$46,7351 year out$59,296$28,000 11Florida SouthWestern State CollegeFort Myers, Florida20$48,8731 year out$60,727—12State College of Florida-Manatee-SarasotaBradenton, Florida19—1 year out——13Savannah State UniversitySavannah, Georgia17$37,7511 year out$49,714$26,000 14Franklin UniversityColumbus, Ohio14—1 year out$76,386—15Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, Illinois5—1 year out——16University of West AlabamaLivingston, Alabama4—1 year out——17University of New HavenWest Haven, Connecticut1$42,4551 year out—$27,000 18Union Commonwealth UniversityBarbourville, Kentucky1—1 year out——19Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, Oklahoma1$53,5891 year out——20Chestnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——21Saint Edward's UniversityAustin, Texas1—1 year out——22Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania—$37,8871 year out$69,899—

Associate programs — 21 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana16—1 year out$57,682—2Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland15—1 year out——3Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, North Carolina11—1 year out——4Klamath Community CollegeKlamath Falls, Oregon10—1 year out——5Blue Ridge Community CollegeFlat Rock, North Carolina5—1 year out——6Durham Technical Community CollegeDurham, North Carolina5—1 year out——7Gaston CollegeDallas, North Carolina5—1 year out——8Piedmont Community CollegeRoxboro, North Carolina5—1 year out——9Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——10Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia, Michigan2—1 year out——11Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAsheville, North Carolina2—1 year out——12Brunswick Community CollegeBolivia, North Carolina2—1 year out——13Owens Community CollegePerrysburg, Ohio2—1 year out——14ICPR Junior CollegeHato Rey, Puerto Rico2—1 year out——15Goodwin UniversityEast Hartford, Connecticut1—1 year out——16Barton County Community CollegeGreat Bend, Kansas1—1 year out——17Meridian Community CollegeMeridian, Mississippi1—1 year out——18Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, North Carolina1—1 year out——19Martin Community CollegeWilliamston, North Carolina1—1 year out——20Butler County Community CollegeButler, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——21ICPR Junior College-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico1—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 21 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Klamath Community CollegeKlamath Falls, Oregon77—1 year out——2Martinsburg CollegeCheyenne, Wyoming52—1 year out——3University of New HavenWest Haven, Connecticut14—1 year out——4Passaic County Community CollegePaterson, New Jersey14—1 year out——5Charlie's Guard-Detective Bureau and Academy IncAguadilla, Puerto Rico14—1 year out——6ICPR Junior CollegeHato Rey, Puerto Rico10—1 year out——7Madonna UniversityLivonia, Michigan9—1 year out$59,902—8Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAsheville, North Carolina8—1 year out——9Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana3—1 year out——10Barton County Community CollegeGreat Bend, Kansas3—1 year out——11Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland3—1 year out——12ICPR Junior College-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico3—1 year out——13Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona2—1 year out——14Meridian Community CollegeMeridian, Mississippi2—1 year out——15Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, North Carolina2—1 year out——16Great Bay Community CollegePortsmouth, New Hampshire1—1 year out——17Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, North Carolina1—1 year out——18Mountwest Community and Technical CollegeHuntington, West Virginia1—1 year out——19Augusta UniversityAugusta, Georgia1—1 year out——20Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida—$36,7261 year out—$18,933 21Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond, Kentucky0—1 year out$51,776—

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).