by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Fire Services Administration. 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in fire protection, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
You can jump to any section of this page using the links below:
Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for fire protection majors, SIUC came in at #4. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in Illinois.
Here are some of the other rankings for SIUC.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at SIUC paid an average of $320 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,591 | $9,591 |
| Fees | $5,466 | $5,466 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,100 | $1,100 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $10,622 | $10,622 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $2,941 | $2,941 |
Learn more about SIUC tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at SIUC in Fire Protection walked away with an average of $13,875 in student debt. That is 52% lower than the national average of $28,930.
The median early career salary of fire protection students who receive their bachelor’s degree from SIUC is $92,632 per year. That is 48% higher than the national average of $62,700.
If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. SIUC does offer online classes in its fire protection bachelor’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SIUC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 9.1% of the fire protection students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 8.9%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in fire protection at SIUC in 2019-2020, 18.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 16%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 35 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Fire Protection students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Fire Services Administration | 44 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to fire protection.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 2 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
