2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection (Income $48-$75k)
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,552 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 34 colleges that offered a degree in fire protection. 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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Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree fire protection students whose families make $48-$75k.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection (Income $48-$75k)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Los Angeles. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. California State University - Los Angeles is a public institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Cal State LA also made our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #18. It costs about $5,644 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend California State University - Los Angeles.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend John Jay College of Criminal Justice. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. John Jay College of Criminal Justice is located in New York, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s fire protection degrees to qualified students.
John Jay not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #13 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for John Jay is $7,751 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $48-$75k.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school awarded 44 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fire protection students in 2019-2020.
SIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend SIUC is $14,985 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $48-$75k.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh is a public institution located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UW Oshkosh not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh is $15,236 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $48-$75k.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 50 students in 2019-2020.
OSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $14,698 for bachelor’s degree fire protection students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Fayetteville State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #6. Fayetteville State University is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 43 bachelors’s fire protection degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree fire protection students whose families make $48-$75k list, Fayetteville State University has also earned the #22 rank in our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $7,920 for bachelor’s degree fire protection students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Fayetteville State University.
Eastern Oregon University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Eastern Oregon University is a small school located in La Grande, Oregon that handed out 37 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.
EOU also made our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Oregon University is $16,066 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $48-$75k.
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With a ranking of #8, Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, this large public school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fire protection students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Colorado State University - Fort Collins is $15,927 for bachelor’s degree fire protection students whose families make $48-$75k.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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Utah Valley University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #9. Orem, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 104 students in 2019-2020.
UVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #24 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for UVU is $9,755 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $48-$75k.
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Lewis - Clark State College landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Lewis - Clark State College is a public institution located in Lewiston, Idaho. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $10,825 for bachelor’s degree fire protection students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Lewis - Clark State College.
College of Southern Nevada landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, this large public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fire protection students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for CSN is $7,529 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $48-$75k.
American Public University System came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, this large private for-profit school awarded 38 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fire protection students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for American Public University System is $8,461 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $48-$75k.
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Full American Public University System Fire Protection Report
Metropolitan State University of Denver ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Metropolitan State University of Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s fire protection degrees to qualified students.
MSU Denver not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #21 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend MSU Denver is $13,849 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $48-$75k.
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Eastern Kentucky University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Richmond, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 67 students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Eastern is $14,004 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $48-$75k.
Lake Superior State University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Sault Ste Marie, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.
Lake Superior State University also made our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #19. It costs about $13,073 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Lake Superior State University.
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Salem State University ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Salem, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Salem State, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $18,547 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Salem State.
With a ranking of #17, Western Illinois University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Macomb, Illinois, this medium-sized public school awarded 40 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fire protection students in 2019-2020.
WIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #17 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Western Illinois University is $15,912 for bachelor’s degree fire protection students whose families make $48-$75k.
Lindenwood University ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Saint Charles, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
Lindenwood University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #25 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lindenwood University is $16,340 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $48-$75k.
The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
Siena Heights University landed the #19 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Siena Heights University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Adrian, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Siena Heights University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Siena Heights University is $18,562 for bachelor’s degree fire protection students whose families make $48-$75k.
University of Maryland Global Campus landed the #20 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. University of Maryland Global Campus is a large school located in Adelphi, Maryland that handed out 1 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.
UMGC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #15 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.
New Jersey City University ranked #21 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. NJCU is a medium-sized school located in Jersey City, New Jersey that handed out 24 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $15,691 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend New Jersey City University.
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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. BGSU is a fairly large public school situated in Bowling Green, Ohio. It awarded 15 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.
BGSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #14 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is $18,127 for bachelor’s degree fire protection students whose families make $48-$75k.
Madonna University landed the #23 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Madonna University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Livonia, Michigan. It awarded 2 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.
Madonna also made our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #20. The yearly cost to attend Madonna University is $16,099 for bachelor’s degree fire protection students whose families make $48-$75k.
Columbia Southern University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #24. Columbia Southern University is a fairly large school located in Orange Beach, Alabama that handed out 468 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Columbia Southern University is $10,355 for bachelor’s degree fire protection students whose families make $48-$75k.
With a ranking of #25, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.
UC also took the #11 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $20,312 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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%.
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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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