by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Fire Protection is a major offered under the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program of study at Santa Ana College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major associate degree program in fire protection, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at SAC paid an average of $371 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $46 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $1,104 | $8,904 |
| Fees | $56 | $56 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,970 | $1,970 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their associate degree at SAC in Fire Protection walked away with an average of $12,500 in student debt. That is 16% lower than the national average of $14,848.
fire protection who receive their associate degree from SAC make an average of $59,124 a year during the early days of their career. That is 14% higher than the national average of $51,707.
Online degrees for the SAC fire protection associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SAC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 5.2% of the fire protection students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 9.4%.
Around 37.1% of fire protection associate degree recipients at SAC in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 26%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 8 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 23 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 59 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Fire Protection students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician | 97 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to fire protection.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 93 |
*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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