<p>BIGeastBEAST is spot on EVERY single point.</p>
<p>You’re better off having an useful Master’s degree or a professional degree (MS Engineering, MS Comp Sci, MBA, JD, etc.) than having a Bachelor’s from a Top 15 school for recruiting/hiring purposes.</p>
<p>Hiring/recruitment in law enforcement will not care if you came from a Top 15 or Top 50 school. Most of the hiring is done by civil service exam anyways. Promotion to a degree (in big departments) is done by civil service exam as well.</p>
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<p>Agree for the most part. Now if an applicant received an education at a top 15 school and has served in a Tier 1/2 special operations capacity; that would probably WOW anyone - even outside of law enforcement. In that case, the education pedigree would definitely be icing on the cake.</p>
<p>People, recognize that the military and law enforcement are very “jock-like” environments where cowards and weak people are treated like absolute garbage. You will not “hang” in this environment if you present yourself like a top 15 educated nerd.</p>
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<p>Definitely. Same applies to the military.</p>