2025 Best Fire Protection Schools in Minnesota

If you plan on majoring in fire protection, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #118 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Fire Protection Schools in Minnesota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 64 degrees in fire protection during the 2021-2022 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Fire Protection Schools List

Pick Your Fire Protection Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Fire Protection Schools in Minnesota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Fire Protection in Minnesota

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the fire protection degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Minnesota Schools in Fire Protection

1

Century College
White Bear Lake, MN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

It's difficult to beat Century College if you want to pursue a degree in fire protection. Century College is a medium-sized public college located in the suburb of White Bear Lake.More information about a degree in fire protection from Century College

2

Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park, MN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

Hennepin Technical College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in fire protection. Hennepin Technical College is a small public college located in the large suburb of Brooklyn Park.More information about a degree in fire protection from Hennepin Technical College

Best Fire Protection Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	283	25
Kansas	266	61
Iowa	264	121
Nebraska	238	12

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Rankings in Majors Related to Fire Protection

One of 4 majors within the Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting area of study, Fire Protection has other similar majors worth exploring.

Fire Protection Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Fire Science	39
Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician	20
Fire Services Administration	4
Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation	1

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Most Popular Majors Related to Fire Protection

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections	1,692
Homeland Security	48
Security Science and Technology	27

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.