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2022 Best Value Fire Services Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

7 Ranked Colleges
582 Degrees Awarded
$15,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fire Services Administration Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Services Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,388 people earned their degree in fire services administration, making the major the 379th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 662 fire services administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 582 fire services administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fire Services Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in fire services administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fire services administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fire services administration program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fire Services Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fire Services Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Services Administration in the Southeast Region

#1

American Public University System

Charles Town, West Virginia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American Public University System. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fire Services Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. American Public University System is a large private for-profit school situated in Charles Town, West Virginia. It awarded 38 bachelors’s fire services administration degrees in 2019-2020.

American Military University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Fire Services Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend American Public University System is $10,222 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fire services administration students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.

Full American Military University Fire Services Administration Report

#2

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fayetteville State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fire Services Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Fayetteville, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fire services administration degrees to 43 students in 2019-2020.

Fayetteville State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Fire Services Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $5,899 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fire services administration students per year to attend Fayetteville State University.

Read more about Fire Services Administration at Fayetteville State University

#3

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Services Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Liberty University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Fire Services Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Liberty University is $28,903 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Services Administration students.

Read full report on Fire Services Administration at Liberty University

#4

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Services Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Eastern Kentucky University is a public institution located in Richmond, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree fire services administration students list, Eastern has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Fire Services Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern is $14,149 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fire services administration students.

Full Eastern Fire Services Administration Report

#5

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, Alabama
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia Southern University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Fire Services Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Columbia Southern University is located in Orange Beach, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 453 bachelors’s fire services administration degrees to qualified students.

Columbia Southern University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Fire Services Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $10,368 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Services Administration students per year to attend Columbia Southern University.

Read full report on Fire Services Administration at Columbia Southern University

#6

St. Thomas University

Miami Gardens, Florida
#1 in overall quality

St. Thomas University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fire Services Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. St. Thomas University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Miami Gardens, Florida. It awarded 3 bachelors’s fire services administration degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at STU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fire Services Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for STU is $18,374 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Services Administration students.

Read more about Fire Services Administration at STU

#7

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, North Carolina
#6 in overall quality

Gardner - Webb University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fire Services Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Gardner - Webb University is a small school located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina that handed out 2 bachelors’s fire services administration degrees in 2019-2020.

Gardner - Webb did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Fire Services Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $21,296 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fire services administration students per year to attend Gardner - Webb.

Read full report on Fire Services Administration at Gardner - Webb

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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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