2023 Best Fire Services Administration Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Fire Services Administration for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Fire Services Administration is the 359th most popular major in the country with 1,450 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Fire Services Administration for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fire services administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fire services administration programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fire services administration program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Fire Services Administration for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Fire Services Administration for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree vets studying fire services administration.

Top 2 Best Fire Services Administration Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois

1 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Fire Services Administration for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #1 spot on the list. SIUC is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 19 masters’s fire services administration degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying fire services administration list, SIUC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Fire Services Administration Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 11,366 students enrolled at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Southern Illinois University Carbondale offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Stillwater, Oklahoma

1,038 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Fire Services Administration for a Master’s. OSU is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Fire Services Administration Master’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,038 of the 24,535 students enrolled at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 439 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,226. To help with additional expenses, 39 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Veteran Student Life Report

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.