Quick answer: 28 colleges within 100 miles of Saint Cloud, Florida award a public safety degree, the nearest about 18 miles away (IPEDS Completions, 2024).
Compare public safety programs you can start from Saint Cloud:
| Distance from Saint Cloud | Colleges awarding this degree |
|---|---|
| Within 25 miles | 2 |
| Within 50 miles | 11 |
| Within 100 miles | 28 |
| Within 250 miles | 64 |
Source: IPEDS Completions, 2024, counting institutions that reported awarding this degree, joined to IPEDS institution coordinates. Distances are straight-line.
There are 11 degree-awarding colleges within 50 miles of Saint Cloud, rising to 28 within 100 miles. The nearest is about 18 miles away, so a hybrid schedule is workable but a daily commute would be a commitment.
The subject matter does not change by location: criminal law and procedure, emergency and incident management, investigation, public administration, and policy and civil liability. What changes is how you take it. Ask each college whether the program holds accreditation from a recognized institutional accreditor, how much of the coursework is delivered online, and which components require you on campus. Credit transfer is decided by the receiving institution and genuinely varies, so request a written transfer evaluation before you enroll.
This page lists 10 schools within 42 miles, closest group first, then ordered by BOC Score with the highest at the top. 9 of them carry a score. 1 does not have enough federal outcome data to score, and appears last rather than being hidden.
Scores come from IPEDS (2024) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Earnings are for all graduates of a school, not one program, so treat them as a signal about the institution rather than about this subject. Sponsored listings are paid placements and are labelled as such; they are separate from this ranking and never change it. Read the full methodology.
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers in Florida earn a median $74,470 per year against $76,210 nationally (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The Florida median for police and sheriff’s patrol officers is $74,470 per year, below the national median of $76,210, on state employment of 43,630 (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
These are statewide figures. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish wages at city level, so no page can tell you what this job pays in Saint Cloud specifically. For the metro-level picture where it is published, and the full percentile spread, see the Florida page.
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