2024 Best Fire Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
6
Colleges in the Plains States Region
109
Associate Degrees
Ranked #66 in popularity,
fire science is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 6 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of fire science. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 109 associate degrees in fire science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Fire Science School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of fire science for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality fire science program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to fire science students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other fire science students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized fire science related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for fire science students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Fire Science Schools
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Fire Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.