2023 Most Popular Colleges for Fire Protection in Maine

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Fire Protection Major in Maine” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Fire Protection is the 118th most popular major in the country with 13,766 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Maine, there were 28 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,683 and $25,299 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Fire Protection Major in Maine” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Fire Protection Major in Maine” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Well Attended Fire Protection Major in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine fire protection students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Fire Protection in Maine

1

Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, Maine

#16 overall quality in Maine

$35,919 Average Early-Career Earnings

$14,115 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Fire Protection Major in Maine list. Located in South Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 24 degrees to qualified ’s fire protection students in 2020-2021.

Full SMCC Fire Protection Report

2

Eastern Maine Community College
Bangor, Maine

#18 overall quality in Maine

$40,182 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,387 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Fire Protection Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Maine Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Eastern Maine Community College is a small school located in Bangor, Maine that handed out 4 ’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Eastern Maine 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.