2024 Best Fire Protection Schools in South Carolina

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.

There was only one school in South Carolina to review for the 2024 Best Fire Protection Schools in South Carolina ranking.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Fire Protection Schools List

Pick Your Fire Protection Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Fire Protection Schools in South Carolina list, to help you choose the best school for you. 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 South Carolina

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 South Carolina Schools in Fire Protection

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Greenville Technical College
Greenville, SC

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

Greenville Technical College is a great decision for students interested in a degree in fire protection. Located in the small city of Greenville, GTC is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in fire protection from Greenville Technical College

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Columbia College
Columbia, SC

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Columbia College is a good decision for students interested in a degree in fire protection. Columbia College South Carolina is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.More information about a degree in fire protection from Columbia College

Best Fire Protection Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	287	29
Florida	282	245
North Carolina	279	255
Virginia	274	41
Tennessee	269	43
Kentucky	244	72
Louisiana	242	19
Mississippi	234	1
Arkansas	234	7
Alabama	233	1,020
West Virginia	207	91

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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	7

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Most Popular Majors Related to Fire Protection

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections	1,032
Homeland Security	47
Security Science and Technology	5

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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.