2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire/Arson Investigation & Prevention in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Fire/Arson Investigation and Prevention Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Fire/Arson Investigation & Prevention is the 1089th most popular major in the country with 70 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 57 fire/arson investigation and prevention graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 fire/arson investigation and prevention graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fire/Arson Investigation and Prevention Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in fire/arson investigation and prevention. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fire/arson investigation and prevention programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the fire/arson investigation and prevention program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The fire/arson investigation and prevention school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Fire/Arson Investigation and Prevention Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Fire/Arson Investigation and Prevention Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fire/Arson Investigation and Prevention Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire/Arson Investigation & Prevention in the Southeast Region

#1

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$14,149 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fire/Arson Investigation and Prevention Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #1 spot on the list. Eastern is a fairly large school located in Richmond, Kentucky that handed out 31 bachelors’s fire/arson investigation and prevention degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree fire/arson investigation and prevention students list, Eastern has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Fire/Arson Investigation & Prevention Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Kentucky University is $14,149 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fire/arson investigation and prevention students.

Full Eastern Fire/Arson Investigation & Prevention Report

#2

Methodist University

Fayetteville, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$32,906 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Methodist University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fire/Arson Investigation and Prevention Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Fayetteville, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fire/arson investigation and prevention degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

Methodist also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fire/Arson Investigation & Prevention Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Methodist University is $32,906 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fire/arson investigation and prevention students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Methodist University Fire/Arson Investigation & Prevention Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire/Arson Investigation & Prevention

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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