2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Science in Maine

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in Maine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Fire Science is the 266th most popular major in the country with 8,102 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Maine, there were 28 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 27 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,263 and $19,245 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in Maine” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fire science. That schools that top this list have a program in fire science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree fire science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Science in Maine

1

Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, Maine

#16 overall quality in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in Maine list. Southern Maine Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in South Portland, Maine. It awarded 23 associates’s fire science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Fire Science at Southern Maine Community College

2

Eastern Maine Community College
Bangor, Maine

#18 overall quality in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Maine Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in Maine list. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s fire science students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Fire Science at Eastern Maine 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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.