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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

1 Ranked Colleges
58 Degrees Awarded
$10,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 7,726 people earned their degree in fire science, making the major the 246th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 2,703 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fire science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fire science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The fire science 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 Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia Southern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Columbia Southern University is a fairly large school located in Orange Beach, Alabama that handed out 15 bachelors’s fire science degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia Southern University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fire Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Columbia Southern University is $10,035 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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