by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Fire Science. 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 Utah Valley University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in fire protection, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UVU paid an average of $671 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $216 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,192 | $16,092 |
| Fees | $714 | $714 |
| Books and Supplies | $588 | $588 |
Learn more about UVU tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Fire Protection students who received their associate degree at UVU took out an average of $11,065 in student loans. That is 25% lower than the national average of $14,848.
Online degrees for the UVU 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 UVU Online Learning page.
About 19.3% of the students who received their Associate in fire protection in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 9.4%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in fire protection at UVU in 2019-2020, 12.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 26%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 |
| White | 100 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Fire Protection students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Fire Science | 114 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to fire protection.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 50 |
*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.
