2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in the New England Region” 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.

Across the New England region, there were 338 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,456 and $28,198 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fire protection programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the fire protection program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection in the New England Region

#1

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$17,610 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 5 masters’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of New Haven, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Haven are $17,610.

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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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