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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician in the New England Region

6 Ranked Colleges
96 Degrees Awarded
$12,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 New England region, there were 131 fire prevention and safety technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 96 fire prevention and safety technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in fire prevention and safety technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fire prevention and safety technology/technician programs and cost less that 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 prevention and safety technology/technician program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree fire prevention and safety technology/technician students.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician in the New England Region

#1

North Shore Community College

Danvers, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Shore Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. North Shore Community College is located in Danvers, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 38 associates’s fire prevention and safety technology/technician degrees to qualified students.

North Shore Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for North Shore Community College is $9,129 for New England Region Associate Degree Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician students.

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#2

Springfield Technical Community College

Springfield, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Springfield Technical Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. Springfield, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s fire prevention and safety technology/technician degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

STCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $8,943 for new england region associate degree fire prevention and safety technology/technician students per year to attend STCC.

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#3

Mount Wachusett Community College

Gardner, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Wachusett Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. Gardner, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s fire prevention and safety technology/technician degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MWCC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend MWCC is $8,688 for New England Region Associate Degree Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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#4

Middlesex Community College

Bedford, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Middlesex Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the New England Region. Middlesex Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Bedford, Massachusetts. It awarded 11 associates’s fire prevention and safety technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

Middlesex Community College also made our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $5,619 for new england region associate degree fire prevention and safety technology/technician students per year to attend Middlesex Community College.

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#5

Bunker Hill Community College

Boston, Massachusetts
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bunker Hill Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the New England Region. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 4 associates’s fire prevention and safety technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

BHCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for BHCC is $7,867 for new england region associate degree fire prevention and safety technology/technician students.

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#6

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

University of New Haven came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the New England Region ranking. University of New Haven is a medium-sized school located in West Haven, Connecticut that handed out 1 associates’s fire prevention and safety technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of New Haven is $33,400 for New England Region Associate Degree Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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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