2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Protection in Nevada

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Fire Protection Major in Nevada for an Associate” 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 Nevada, there were 44 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 25 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,756 and $17,303 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Fire Protection Major in Nevada for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in fire protection. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in fire protection.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Fire Protection Major in Nevada for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for nevada associate degree fire protection students.

Top 2 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Protection in Nevada

1

College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada

#3 overall quality in Nevada

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Southern Nevada. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Fire Protection Major in Nevada for an Associate list. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, this large public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified associates’s fire protection students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Fire Protection at College of Southern Nevada

2

Truckee Meadows Community College
Reno, Nevada

#5 overall quality in Nevada

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Fire Protection Major in Nevada for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Truckee Meadows Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Reno, Nevada, this medium-sized public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s fire protection students in 2020-2021.

Full Truckee Meadows Community College Fire Protection Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.