The main focus area for this major is Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Fire Protection is a major offered under the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program of study at Hillsborough Community College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the associate degree program in fire protection, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at HCC paid an average of $380 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $104 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $1,931 | $7,728 |
Fees | $575 | $1,383 |
Books and Supplies | $1,320 | $1,320 |
On Campus Room and Board | $8,784 | $8,784 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,056 | $4,056 |
Learn more about HCC tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the HCC fire protection associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the HCC Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their associate degree in fire protection in 2019-2020, 10.0% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 9.4%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 30.0% of the fire protection associate degrees at HCC in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 26%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 6 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Fire Protection students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician | 10 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.