2024 Best Fire Protection Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in fire protection sits in the middle of the road, ranking #147 out of 363 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Fire Protection Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 92 bachelor's degrees in fire protection during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 - The number of fire protection students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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 bachelor's 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 schools for fire protection students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Fire Protection Schools

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 Best Fire Protection Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Fire Protection in Massachusetts

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

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Bachelor's in Fire Protection

1

Anna Maria College
Paxton, MA

74 Annual Graduates

$22,875 Median Student Debt

It is hard to beat Anna Maria College if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in fire protection. Located in the rural area of Paxton, Anna Maria is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in fire protection from Anna Maria College

2

Salem State University
Salem, MA

18 Annual Graduates

Salem State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in fire protection. Located in the suburb of Salem, Salem State is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in fire protection from Salem State University

Best Fire Protection Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	183	22
New Hampshire	157	0
Rhode Island	157	1

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Fire Protection Related Rankings by Major

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

Fire Protection Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Fire Science	74
Fire Services Administration	18

Majors Similar to Fire Protection

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections	1,394
Other Homeland Security	79
Security Science and Technology	41

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.