Dear Public Safety Professional:

Greetings, and welcome to Northcentral University.

I am very pleased to introduce you to the Center for Law Enforcement & Security at Northcentral University. Northcentral University is one of the country’s leading providers of Law Enforcement, Homeland Security, Public Safety and Private Security related education through its regionally accredited bachelor's, master’s and doctoral degrees.

NCU’s educational programs have been designed for law enforcement and public safety professionals by law enforcement and public safety professionals with the goal of improving police and public safety performance through education. NCU enjoys a substantial enrollment of city, county and state law enforcement and public safety officers as well as a large number of federal law enforcement agents and officers. NCU is an educational partner of the FBI National Academy Associates, the Fraternal Order of Police, FBI LEEDA, The International Association of Women Police, The Society of Former Agents of the FBI and NCU is an approved educational provider for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Whether you are seeking a PhD, a master’s degree or completing your undergraduate degree NCU provides the highest quality online education you will find anywhere. All of our faculty at the graduate level hold terminal degrees (PhD, DBA, EdD, etc). Northcentral University is a regionally accredited institution (the highest level of accreditation) and NCU’s Business School is accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). In fact, NCU is the only fully online school of business, offering bachelor’s to doctorial degrees, to achieve this distinction.

NCU’s thirty five specializations include many of particular interest to law enforcement, public safety and security professionals including: Criminal Justice, Homeland Security, Computer and Information Security, Public Administration, Management, Training & Development Leadership, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Our new master’s and PhDs in Business, Corporate & Campus Security are designed to improve the knowledge and performance of private security professionals and assist police officers transitioning into their next career at the highest levels in the private security sector.

Learning at NCU is not limited to law enforcement and public safety programs, however. If you are planning for your next career – perhaps thinking about a career following retirement – then you should know that NCU also offers programs in business, education, and psychology.

Perhaps you have college credits from a variety of universities but find that you can not do anything with them. NCU can help you earn a bachelor degree by consolidating those academic credits into a concise educational plan.

The Center for Law Enforcement & Security at Northcentral University is very proud to offer law enforcement, homeland security, public safety and private security professionals graduate level tuition rates approximately 40% below NCU’s already low tuition rate and far below that of most other regionally accredited universities. Based on NCU’s current tuition rates you should be able to earn a master’s degree for less than $12K and a PhD or DBA for under $18K. NCU’s bachelor’s degrees are also very competitively priced.

Regardless of the program you choose to pursue, what makes NCU such a good fit for public safety practitioners is its flexibility. Courses are conducted on an asynchronous format – which means learners can log on and take their courses anytime – anywhere. Shift work, assignments, time zones, and other constraints are no longer an impediment to learning. Courses start each month. A further advantage to NCU’s program is that a learner can take a month off, then start back again the very next month – and not have to wait until the next semester. This also means that students can accelerate their program, shaving a month or two off of their courses, if they wish.

It is also important to note that there is no residency requirement at NCU so you do not have to take two weeks of leave each summer to spend at a university. Additionally, NCU has an excellent policy on accepting and consolidating credits earned at other regionally accredited universities. Indeed, the convenience, quality, and flexibility of the programs at NCU make it an attractive fit for law enforcement, public safety and security professional worldwide.

In closing, if you have been thinking about continuing your education – but have been prevented by either cost or course flexibility, then NCU is the answer to achieving your educational dreams or helping your employees achieve theirs! I encourage you to contact Ms. Kim Vince at 866.776.0331 or Kvince@ncu.edu to explore your eligibility for this special tuition rate and start working on that degree today!

Yours truly,

Mark

Major Mark Willingham

Director - Center for Law Enforcement & Security
2005 International President FBI National Academy Associates
mwillingham@ncu.edu
Phone: 866.776.0331