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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

8 Ranked Colleges
714 Degrees Awarded
$16,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 13,176 people earned their degree in fire protection, making the major the 114th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, fire protection graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $51,404 and had an average of $24,230 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 4,141 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,400 and $15,305 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 714 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in fire protection. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fire protection 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 protection program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree fire protection students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Fayetteville State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Fayetteville, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 43 students in 2019-2020.

Fayetteville State University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Fayetteville State University is $4,330 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Fire Protection at Fayetteville State University

#2

American Public University System

Charles Town, West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, this large private for-profit school awarded 38 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fire protection students in 2019-2020.

American Military University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $10,013 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend American Public University System.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full American Military University Fire Protection Report

#3

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Kentucky University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Richmond, Kentucky, this fairly large public school awarded 67 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fire protection students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Eastern is $12,397 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fire protection students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia Southern University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit institution located in Orange Beach, Alabama. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 468 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia Southern University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $10,074 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fire protection students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Columbia Southern University.

Read full report on Fire Protection at Columbia Southern University

#5

St. Thomas University

Miami Gardens, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Thomas University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. STU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Miami Gardens, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

STU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $18,727 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend St. Thomas University.

Full STU Fire Protection Report

#6

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, North Carolina
#6 in overall quality

Gardner - Webb University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Boiling Springs, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree fire protection students whose families make $0-$30k list, Gardner - Webb has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $18,034 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fire protection students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Gardner - Webb University.

Full Gardner - Webb Fire Protection Report

#7

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

Liberty University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Liberty University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $27,896 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Liberty University.

Read more about Fire Protection at Liberty University

#8

Methodist University

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Methodist University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fire protection students in 2019-2020.

Methodist did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Methodist is $31,953 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fire protection students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Methodist University Fire Protection Report

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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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