2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 1,961 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,969 and $21,795 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 2 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.

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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The fire protection school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region”.

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Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree fire protection students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$10,674 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,107 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Global. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue University Global is a large public school situated in Indianapolis, Indiana. It awarded 47 masters’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue University Global also made our “Best Fire Protection Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University Global are $10,674.

Read more about Fire Protection at Purdue University Global

#2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 14 masters’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Fire Protection at SIUC

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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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