2025 Best Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you plan on getting your associate degree in fire protection, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #36 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for fire protection students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 110 associate degrees in fire protection to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to fire protection students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other fire protection students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt fire protection students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized fire protection related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for fire protection students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Fire Protection Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Fire Protection in the Middle Atlantic Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for fire protection students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for an Associate in Fire Protection

1

Monroe Community College
Rochester, NY

18 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Monroe Community College if you want to pursue an associate degree in fire protection. Monroe Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Rochester.More information about a associate in fire protection from Monroe Community College

2

Onondaga Community College
Syracuse, NY

12 Annual Graduates

$37,705 Median Starting Salary

Onondaga Community College is a good choice for individuals pursuing an associate degree in fire protection. Located in the large suburb of Syracuse, OCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their associate from the fire protection program state that they receive average early career income of $37,705.

More information about a associate in fire protection from Onondaga Community College

Best Fire Protection Colleges by State

Explore the best fire protection colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	196	55
Pennsylvania	179	18
New Jersey	137	29
Maryland	126	14
District of Columbia	36	1

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Fire Protection Related Rankings by Major

Fire Protection is one of 4 different types of Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting programs to choose from.

Fire Protection Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Fire Systems Technology	39
Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician	30
Fire Services Administration	13
Fire Science	13
Fire/Arson Investigation & Prevention	8
Other Fire Protection	7

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections	3,884
Homeland Security	75
Security Science and Technology	75
Other Homeland Security	25

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.