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 Southeast 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 Southeast region, there were 4,164 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,757 and $16,312 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 761 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in fire protection. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in fire protection.
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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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college 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 Southeast Region”.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia Southern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Orange Beach, Alabama is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 527 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Fire Protection at Columbia Southern University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida-Online. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this medium-sized public school handed out 50 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fire protection students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 Methodist University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Southeast Region list. Methodist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fayetteville, North Carolina. It awarded 16 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fayetteville State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Southeast Region. Fayetteville State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Fayetteville, North Carolina. It awarded 44 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Fire Protection at Fayetteville State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Kentucky University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Southeast Region. Richmond, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 50 students in 2020-2021.
Gardner - Webb University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Gardner - Webb is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees 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%.
East Georgia State College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Southeast Region ranking. East Georgia State College is a small public school situated in Swainsboro, Georgia. It awarded 2 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Fire Protection at East Georgia State College
Columbia College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
American Public University System did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. American Public University System is a large private for-profit school situated in Charles Town, West Virginia. It awarded 37 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.
Read full report on Fire Protection at American Military University
Liberty University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #10. Liberty University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Lynchburg, Virginia. It awarded 25 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Florida landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 81 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fire protection students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a fairly large school located in Daytona Beach, Florida that handed out 0 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide Fire Protection Report
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