by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Fire Protection Major in Rhode Island” ranking.
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 Rhode Island, there were 10 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Fire Protection Major in Rhode Island” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in fire protection. To top this list, a school must have a successful fire protection program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Most Well Attended Fire Protection Major in Rhode Island” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Fire Protection Major in Rhode Island”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Fire Protection Major in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. CCRI is located in Warwick, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 ’s fire protection degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Fire Protection at Community College of Rhode Island
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Providence College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Fire Protection Major in Rhode Island list. Providence is a small school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 1 ’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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