2022 Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in New Jersey

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Science Schools for an Associate in New Jersey” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 7,726 people earned their degree in fire science, making the major the 246th most popular in the United States.

Across New Jersey, there were 26 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,475 and $14,203 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fire science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fire science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in New Jersey” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in New Jersey

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in New Jersey.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Science in New Jersey

#1

Rowan College at Burlington County

Mount Laurel, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$7,618 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rowan College at Burlington County. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in New Jersey. This medium-sized school is located in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, and it awarded 1 associates’s fire science degrees in 2019-2020.

RCBC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fire Science Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. The yearly cost to attend RCBC is $7,618 for New Jersey Associate Degree Fire Science students.

Read full report on Fire Science at RCBC

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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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