2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Protection in Alaska

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Fire Protection Schools for an Associate in Alaska” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Alaska, there were 29 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 29 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,350 and $16,973 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fire Protection Schools for an Associate in Alaska” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Fire Protection Schools for an Associate in Alaska” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Fire Protection Schools for an Associate in Alaska

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fire Protection Schools for an Associate in Alaska.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Protection in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$12,995 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for an Associate in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 12 associates’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.

UAA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Alaska” list. It costs about $12,995 for Alaska Associate Degree Fire Protection students per year to attend University of Alaska Anchorage.

Read more about Fire Protection at University of Alaska Anchorage

#2

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$10,333 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for an Associate in Alaska. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a public institution located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 17 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UAF also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. It costs about $10,333 for Alaska Associate Degree Fire Protection students per year to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Read more about Fire Protection at UAF

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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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