by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the New England Region” ranking.
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 New England region, there were 310 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,046 and $22,890 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 115 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fire protection. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their fire protection program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the New England Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree fire protection students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Anna Maria College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the New England Region. Anna Maria College is a small school located in Paxton, Massachusetts that handed out 74 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the New England Region list. West Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Salem State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Salem, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Providence College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the New England Region list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the New England Region list. NEC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Henniker, New Hampshire. It awarded 0 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
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