Is a Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other degree worth it?
Across 12 schools, graduates of Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other earn a median $63,635 five years out on $25,000 of debt. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$63,635
Median debt
$25,000
Years to pay off
3.9
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
—
GPT-4-era overlap
Gender pay gap
16.6%
$67,140 vs $55,997
Net price
$21,582/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$10,612
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.