2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for an Associate in Nebraska

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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 Nebraska, there were 22 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,367 and $33,759 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,631 and $16,562 respectively.

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

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

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

#1

Southeast Community College Area

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$9,059 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Community College Area. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for an Associate in Nebraska. Southeast Community College is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s fire protection degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our nebraska associate degree fire protection students list, Southeast Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. It costs about $9,059 for nebraska associate degree fire protection students per year to attend Southeast Community College Area.

Read full report on Fire Protection at Southeast Community College

#2

Metropolitan Community College

Omaha, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$4,295 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for an Associate in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Metropolitan Community College is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 10 associates’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. It costs about $4,295 for Nebraska Associate Degree Fire Protection students per year to attend Metropolitan Community College.

Read more about Fire Protection at MCC

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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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