by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in New Jersey” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 13,766 people earned their degree in fire protection, making the major the 118th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, fire protection graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,963 and had an average of $19,479 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Jersey, there were 62 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,493 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 29 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,217 and $15,066 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in New Jersey” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fire protection. That schools that top this list have a program in fire protection in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in New Jersey” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in New Jersey”.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Camden County College landed the #1 spot on the list. Blackwood, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s fire protection degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend County College of Morris. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in New Jersey. This medium-sized school is located in Randolph, New Jersey, and it awarded 4 associates’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Passaic County Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Passaic County Community College is a public institution located in Paterson, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Mercer County Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Mercer County Community College is a medium-sized school located in West Windsor, New Jersey that handed out 2 associates’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Union County College landed the #5 spot on the list. Union County College is located in Cranford, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 associates’s fire protection degrees to qualified students.
Middlesex County College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in New Jersey ranking. Located in Edison, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified associates’s fire protection students in 2020-2021.
Rowan College at Burlington County did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in New Jersey ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s fire protection students in 2020-2021.
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Sussex County Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in New Jersey ranking, coming in at #8. Sussex County Community College is a small school located in Newton, New Jersey that handed out 0 associates’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
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Ocean County College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in New Jersey list. This medium-sized school is located in Toms River, New Jersey, and it awarded 0 associates’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
Warren County Community College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in New Jersey ranking. This small school is located in Washington, New Jersey, and it awarded 0 associates’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
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