2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire/Arson Investigation & Prevention (Income $0-$30k)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Fire/Arson Investigation and Prevention Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 70 people earned their degree in fire/arson investigation and prevention, making the major the 1089th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 fire/arson investigation and prevention graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fire/Arson Investigation and Prevention Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fire/arson investigation and prevention. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fire/arson investigation and prevention programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fire/arson investigation and prevention 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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The fire/arson investigation and prevention school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Fire/Arson Investigation and Prevention Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Fire/Arson Investigation and Prevention Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fire/Arson Investigation and Prevention Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire/Arson Investigation & Prevention (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$12,397 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fire/Arson Investigation and Prevention Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #1 spot on the list. Eastern is a fairly large public school situated in Richmond, Kentucky. It awarded 31 bachelors’s fire/arson investigation and prevention degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fire/Arson Investigation & Prevention Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern Kentucky University is $12,397 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire/Arson Investigation and Prevention students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Methodist University

Fayetteville, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$31,953 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Methodist University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fire/Arson Investigation and Prevention Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Methodist is a small school located in Fayetteville, North Carolina that handed out 26 bachelors’s fire/arson investigation and prevention degrees in 2019-2020.

Methodist not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Fire/Arson Investigation & Prevention Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $31,953 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire/Arson Investigation and Prevention students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Methodist.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Fire/Arson Investigation & Prevention at Methodist

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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