by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Great Lakes Region” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 2,280 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,927 and $17,843 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 251 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lake Superior State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, this small public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fire protection students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. SIUC is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 44 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Fire Protection at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Macomb, Illinois, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Fire Protection at Western Illinois University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Global. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue University Global is a public institution located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 112 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh landed the #5 spot on the list. UW Oshkosh is a fairly large school located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin that handed out 13 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Bowling Green, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
University of Akron Main Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Akron, Ohio. It awarded 12 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Fire Protection at University of Akron Main Campus
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Fire Protection Report
With a ranking of #9, Madonna University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Livonia, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fire protection students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #10, Siena Heights University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Siena Heights University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Adrian, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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