2024 Best Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota

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.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 35 associate degrees in fire protection during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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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

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to fire protection students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other fire protection students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt fire protection students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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.

More Ways to Rank Fire Protection Schools

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 Minnesota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Fire Protection in Minnesota

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

Top Minnesota Schools for an Associate in Fire Protection

1

Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park, MN

6 Annual Graduates

Hennepin Technical College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in fire protection. Located in the large suburb of Brooklyn Park, Hennepin Technical College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in fire protection from Hennepin Technical College

2

Century College
White Bear Lake, MN

8 Annual Graduates

Century College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in fire protection. Located in the large suburb of White Bear Lake, Century College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in fire protection from Century College

Best Fire Protection Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Fire Protection Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Kansas	146	61
Missouri	117	23
Iowa	116	51
Nebraska	98	12

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Fire Protection Related Rankings by Major

Fire Protection is one of 4 different types of Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting programs to choose from.

Fire Protection Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician	20
Fire Science	10
Fire Services Administration	5

Most Popular Majors Related to Fire Protection

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections	525
Homeland Security	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.