2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Science in the Plains States Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Fire Science is the 246th most popular major in the country with 7,726 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Plains States region, there were 203 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 95 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fire science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fire science 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 science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.
Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Science in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Community College Area. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. Southeast Community College is a public institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southeast Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fire Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $9,059 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Fire Science students per year to attend Southeast Community College Area.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hutchinson Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Hutchinson, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s fire science degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.
Hutchinson Community College also made our “Best Fire Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Hutchinson Community College is $7,922 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Fire Science students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 10 associates’s fire science degrees in 2019-2020.
MCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Fire Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for MCC is $4,295 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Fire Science students.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Des Moines Area Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. DMACC is located in Ankeny, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s fire science degrees to qualified students.
DMACC also made our “Best Fire Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for DMACC is $10,076 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Fire Science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Iowa Tech Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Sioux City, Iowa. It awarded 1 associates’s fire science degrees in 2019-2020.
Western Iowa Tech Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Fire Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $7,201 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Fire Science students per year to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College.
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Hawkeye Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region ranking. Waterloo, Iowa is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s fire science degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
Hawkeye Community College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Fire Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $11,495 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Fire Science students per year to attend Hawkeye Community College.
Iowa Central Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and it awarded 2 associates’s fire science degrees in 2019-2020.
Iowa Central Community College also took the #6 spot in our “Best Fire Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Iowa Central Community College is $10,102 for plains states region associate degree fire science students.
Ozarks Technical Community College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region ranking. OTC is a public institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
OTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Fire Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $7,908 for plains states region associate degree fire science students per year to attend Ozarks Technical Community 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%.
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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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