2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection (Income $0-$30k)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Protection Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fire protection programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fire protection program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s fire protection degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fire Protection Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus are $23,963, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Fire Protection at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

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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