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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in Missouri” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Missouri, there were 75 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,000 and $21,561 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,023 and $28,243 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 2 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.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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 Missouri”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri bachelor’s degree fire protection students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, College of the Ozarks landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Point Lookout, Missouri, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Lindenwood University landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Charles, Missouri 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 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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