2023 Best Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation Colleges for Veterans in California
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 90 people earned their degree in wildland/forest firefighting and investigation, making the major the 1150th most popular in the United States.
Across California, there were 41 wildland/forest firefighting and investigation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent wildland/forest firefighting and investigation programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the wildland/forest firefighting and investigation program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation” list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
Most Veteran Friendly in California for Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation”.
Top 1 Best Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation Colleges for Veterans in California
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Antelope Valley College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation list. Located in Lancaster, California, this fairly large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified ’s wildland/forest firefighting and investigation students in 2020-2021.
Antelope Valley College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 232 of the 12,057 students enrolled at Antelope Valley College were GI Bill® students, of which 116 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $315. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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