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2022 Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

11 Ranked Colleges
301 Degrees Awarded
$6,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,769 people earned their degree in fire prevention and safety technology/technician, making the major the 286th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 301 fire prevention and safety technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in fire prevention and safety technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fire prevention and safety technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fire prevention and safety technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 11 Best Value Colleges for Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Weatherford College

Weatherford, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Weatherford College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in Weatherford, Texas, and it awarded 12 ’s fire prevention and safety technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Weatherford College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,855 for Southwest Region Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Weatherford College.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Austin Community College District is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $3,134 for southwest region fire prevention and safety technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 50 ’s fire prevention and safety technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region fire prevention and safety technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k list, OSU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,669 for southwest region fire prevention and safety technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend OSU.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarrant County College District landed the #4 spot on the list. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s fire prevention and safety technology/technician degrees to 93 students in 2019-2020.

Tarrant County College also took the #6 spot in our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,225 for southwest region fire prevention and safety technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Tarrant County College.

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#4

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Antonio College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s fire prevention and safety technology/technician degrees to 61 students in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $5,183 for southwest region fire prevention and safety technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend San Antonio College.

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#6

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas

South Plains College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Levelland, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified ’s fire prevention and safety technology/technician students in 2019-2020.

South Plains College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,211 for southwest region fire prevention and safety technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend South Plains College.

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#7

El Paso Community College

El Paso, Texas

El Paso Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. El Paso Community College is located in El Paso, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 ’s fire prevention and safety technology/technician degrees to qualified students.

El Paso Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $3,978 for southwest region fire prevention and safety technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend El Paso Community College.

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Collin County Community College District came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. McKinney, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s fire prevention and safety technology/technician degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Collin County Community College District, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $4,565 for Southwest Region Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Collin County Community College District.

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New Mexico State University - Dona Ana ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. NMSU Dona Ana is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Dona Ana did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico State University - Dona Ana is $4,942 for southwest region fire prevention and safety technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#10

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, Texas

Tyler Junior College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #10. Tyler, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s fire prevention and safety technology/technician degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Tyler Junior College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Tyler Junior College is $7,977 for Southwest Region Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#11

Navarro College

Corsicana, Texas

Navarro College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #11. Navarro College is a public institution located in Corsicana, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region fire prevention and safety technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k list, Navarro College has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,770 for southwest region fire prevention and safety technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Navarro College.

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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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