2024 Best Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana

Fire Protection is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #36 most popular associate degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 19 associate degrees in fire protection during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on fire protection students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of fire protection students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for fire protection to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized fire protection related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for fire protection students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Fire Protection in Louisiana

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in fire protection.

Top Louisiana Schools for an Associate in Fire Protection

1

Delgado Community College
New Orleans, LA

6 Annual Graduates

Delgado Community College is a good option for individuals interested in an associate degree in fire protection. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Delgado Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in fire protection from Delgado Community College

2

Louisiana State University - Eunice
Eunice, LA

13 Annual Graduates

$52,954 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in fire protection has to check out Louisiana State University - Eunice. LSU Eunice is a small public university located in the town of Eunice.

Soon after graduating, fire protection associate recipients generally earn around $52,954 in their early careers.

More information about a associate in fire protection from Louisiana State University - Eunice

Best Fire Protection Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Fire Protection Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	143	1
Georgia	121	27
Florida	121	182
North Carolina	120	187
Arkansas	105	7
Tennessee	102	43
Virginia	97	16
West Virginia	92	54
Kentucky	90	22
South Carolina	77	3
Alabama	69	493

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Rankings in Majors Related to Fire Protection

One of 4 majors within the Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting area of study, Fire Protection has other similar majors worth exploring.

Fire Protection Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Fire Science	19

Most Popular Majors Related to Fire Protection

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections	260
Security Science and Technology	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.