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2024 Best Fire Protection Schools in Colorado

5 Colleges in Colorado
355 Fire Protection Degrees Awarded
$56,885 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in fire protection, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #118 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for fire protection students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 355 degrees in fire protection during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Fire Protection School

Best Fire Protection Schools in Colorado Your choice of fire protection school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for fire protection schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

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Associate Degrees in Fire Protection
Bachelor's Degrees in Fire Protection

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Fire Protection Schools in Colorado ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Fire Protection in Colorado

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the fire protection degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Colorado Schools in Fire Protection

1
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
54 Fire Protection Degrees Awarded
$62,642 Median Starting Salary

Red Rocks Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in fire protection. Located in the medium-sized city of Lakewood, Red Rocks Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1155 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Red Rocks Community College is a great college overall.

There were about 54 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at Red Rocks Community College in the most recent data year. Fire Protection degree recipients from Red Rocks Community College receive an earnings boost of around $5,757 above the average earnings of fire protection majors.

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2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$76,384 Median Starting Salary

Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a good option for students interested in a degree in fire protection. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #156 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Colorado State is a great university overall.

There were about 16 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent year we have data available. Fire Protection degree recipients from Colorado State University - Fort Collins receive an earnings boost of around $19,499 above the typical earnings of fire protection graduates.

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Colorado Mountain College
Glenwood Springs, CO
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
8th Most Popular In CO

Colorado Mountain College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in fire protection. Located in the town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado Mountain College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 21st out of 33 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.

There were approximately 25 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at Colorado Mountain College in the most recent data year.

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3
Colorado Mesa crest
Colorado Mesa University
Grand Junction, CO
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In CO

Colorado Mesa University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in fire protection. Colorado Mesa is a moderately-sized public university located in the small city of Grand Junction. This university ranks 28th out of 33 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.

There were approximately 9 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at Colorado Mesa in the most recent year we have data available.

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4
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
68 Fire Protection Degrees Awarded
51.5% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in fire protection needs to check out Aims Community College. Located in the city of Greeley, Aims Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #850 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Aims Community College is a great college overall.

There were about 68 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at Aims Community College in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the fire protection program make an average of $44,257 for their early career.

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5
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In CO

Located in the city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 26th out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.

There were about 18 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at MSU Denver in the most recent data year.

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6
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
8th Most Popular In CO
101 Fire Protection Degrees Awarded

Pueblo Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the medium-sized city of Pueblo. This college ranks 20th out of 33 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.

There were roughly 101 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at Pueblo Community College in the most recent data year.

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Best Fire Protection Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Utah 266 180
Idaho 219 19
Montana 188 13
Wyoming 162 22

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Fire Protection Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Fire Science 244
Other Fire Protection 63
Fire Services Administration 34
Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation 14

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections 1,985
Homeland Security 29
Security Science and Technology 21

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