Fire Protection is a major offered under the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program of study at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in fire protection, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. John Jay was ranked #30 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for fire protection majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #1 in New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for John Jay.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at John Jay paid an average of $620 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $305 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $6,930 | $14,880 |
Fees | $540 | $540 |
Books and Supplies | $1,364 | $1,364 |
On Campus Room and Board | $22,540 | $22,540 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $5,655 | $5,655 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at John Jay in Fire Protection walked away with an average of $6,500 in student debt. That is 78% lower than the national average of $28,930.
fire protection who receive their bachelor’s degree from John Jay make an average of $41,565 a year during the early days of their career. That is 34% lower than the national average of $62,700.
Online degrees for the John Jay fire protection bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the John Jay Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in fire protection in 2019-2020, 18.2% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 8.9%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in fire protection at John Jay in 2019-2020, 57.6% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 16%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 17 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 14 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Fire Protection students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Fire Services Administration | 23 |
Fire Science | 10 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Criminal Justice & Corrections | 1,582 |
Security Science and Technology | 164 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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