Thanks for your thoughts. My interest is in domestic/homeland security so that was one of the reasons my advisor recommended that I apply. He had noted that it was definitely more of an "up and coming" program rather than one that's got a well established reputation so that's pretty much what I was expecting. Is Denver an urban city? If the school was well known for homeland security, would it give me a leg up in applying to federal government jobs within DHS or FEMA moreso than if I were to go to a program that doesn't have coursework focused in that? If I were to go, I'd plan to move back to my hometown (Seattle) after graduation and am curious of which is better - going to a school known for a specialty or going to a school in the area where you eventually want to work (My other option is Seattle University - it seemed that UW Evans didn't like the fact that I was more or less straight out of undergrad).