Since the early 1900s, scholars, police, and the public have debated and discussed the role of higher education in policing. The questions of whether police officers should have experience in higher education and how that will influence job outcomes have not fully been answered to this day. The purpose of this research study is to examine the relationship between higher education and police officer job satisfaction, officer stress, and officer job performance. The aims of this study also focus on accounting for differences in type of higher education program delivery (online vs. in-person vs. hybrid with online and in-person), major (criminal justice or other), and type of institution attended (public vs. private, 2-year degree programs vs. 4-year degree programs). The overall objective of the study is to determine if and how higher education influences police officers, while at the same time accounting for the attributes of the higher education institutions that police officers have attended. Lastly, this research will add to the discussion surrounding recruiting college-educated officers, as well as educating police officers who already work for the department. This study uses self-report survey data from Detroit Police Department police officers who were surveyed the summer of 2021. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]