by our College Data Analytics Team
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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 8,102 people earned their degree in fire science, making the major the 266th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 56 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fire science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their fire science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree fire science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey City University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Jersey City, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fire science students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. John Jay is a fairly large school located in New York, New York that handed out 8 bachelors’s fire science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Graduate Center, CUNY. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. New York, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fire science degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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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