2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation (Income $0-$30k) in Colorado

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation Schools for an Associate in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 41 people earned their degree in wildland/forest firefighting and investigation, making the major the 1140th most popular in the United States.

Across Colorado, there were 10 wildland/forest firefighting and investigation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 wildland/forest firefighting and investigation graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,269 and $19,040 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation Schools for an Associate in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in wildland/forest firefighting and investigation. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality wildland/forest firefighting and investigation programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the wildland/forest firefighting and investigation program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Value Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation Schools for an Associate in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation Schools for an Associate in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation Schools for an Associate in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation (Income $0-$30k) in Colorado

#1

Pikes Peak Community College

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$8,861 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation Schools for an Associate in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pikes Peak Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s wildland/forest firefighting and investigation students in 2019-2020.

PPCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation Associate Degree Schools in Colorado” list. It costs about $8,861 for colorado associate degree wildland/forest firefighting and investigation students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Pikes Peak Community College.

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#2

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$12,708 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation Schools for an Associate in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado Mesa University landed the #2 spot on the list. Colorado Mesa is located in Grand Junction, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 associates’s wildland/forest firefighting and investigation degrees to qualified students.

Colorado Mesa also took the #1 spot in our “Best Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation Associate Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Colorado Mesa University is $12,708 for colorado associate degree wildland/forest firefighting and investigation students whose families make $0-$30k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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