2022 Best Value Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Far Western US region, there were 25 wildland/forest firefighting and investigation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 18 wildland/forest firefighting and investigation graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the wildland/forest firefighting and investigation program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation in the Far Western US Region

#1

Rio Hondo College

Whittier, California

#1 in overall quality

$5,487 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rio Hondo College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region. RHCCD is located in Whittier, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s wildland/forest firefighting and investigation degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RHCCD, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rio Hondo College is $5,487 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation students.

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#2

Central Oregon Community College

Bend, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$10,504 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Oregon Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region list. COCC is located in Bend, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s wildland/forest firefighting and investigation degrees to qualified students.

COCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Central Oregon Community College is $10,504 for far western us region associate degree wildland/forest firefighting and investigation students.

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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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