2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician for a Bachelor’s
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician is the 299th most popular major in the country with 3,891 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 608 fire prevention and safety technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 fire prevention and safety technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fire prevention and safety technology/technician programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fire prevention and safety technology/technician program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Richmond, Kentucky, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s fire prevention and safety technology/technician degrees in 2020-2021.
Eastern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Eastern Kentucky University supports 14,465 students, and 869 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 469 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,031. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eastern Kentucky University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Eastern Kentucky University]](/colleges/eastern-kentucky-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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