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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

3 Ranked Colleges
106 Degrees Awarded
$10,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Fire Science is the 246th most popular major in the country with 7,726 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 656 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 106 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in fire science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fire science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the fire science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #1 spot on the list. UVU is a large school located in Orem, Utah that handed out 104 bachelors’s fire science degrees in 2019-2020.

UVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fire Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UVU is $7,334 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lewis - Clark State College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Lewis - Clark State College is a small school located in Lewiston, Idaho that handed out 1 bachelors’s fire science degrees in 2019-2020.

Lewis - Clark State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Fire Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $8,809 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree fire science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Lewis - Clark State College.

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#3

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Idaho State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Pocatello, Idaho, this fairly large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fire science students in 2019-2020.

ISU also made our “Best Fire Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend ISU is $14,680 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Fire Science at Idaho State University

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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).
  • 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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