2022 Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

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In 2019-2020, 7,726 people earned their degree in fire science, making the major the 246th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 294 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in fire science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fire science programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree fire science students with aid.
Top 10 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Science (With Aid)
Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, John Jay College of Criminal Justice landed the #1 spot on the list. John Jay is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
John Jay did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Fire Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for John Jay is $2,532 for bachelor’s degree fire science students with aid.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Utah Valley University is located in Orem, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 104 bachelors’s fire science degrees to qualified students.
UVU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Fire Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $9,159 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Science students with aid per year to attend Utah Valley University.
Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis - Clark State College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lewiston, Idaho, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s fire science degrees in 2019-2020.
Lewis - Clark State College also took the #7 spot in our “Best Fire Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lewis - Clark State College is $11,046 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Science students with aid.
Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Superior State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s fire science degrees in 2019-2020.
Lake Superior State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Fire Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Lake Superior State University is $12,398 for bachelor’s degree fire science students with aid.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Siena Heights University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Siena Heights University is located in Adrian, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s fire science degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Siena Heights University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fire Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Siena Heights University is $21,249 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Science students with aid.
New Jersey City University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Jersey City, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fire science degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.
NJCU also took the #8 spot in our “Best Fire Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NJCU is $14,154 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Science students with aid.
With a ranking of #7, Madonna University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Madonna University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Livonia, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Madonna did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Fire Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $17,574 for bachelor’s degree fire science students with aid per year to attend Madonna University.
With a ranking of #8, Idaho State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. ISU is located in Pocatello, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s fire science degrees to qualified students.
ISU also took the #9 spot in our “Best Fire Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,810 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Science students with aid per year to attend Idaho State University.
With a ranking of #9, Columbia Southern University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Columbia Southern University is located in Orange Beach, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s fire science degrees to qualified students.
Columbia Southern University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Fire Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $10,368 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Science students with aid per year to attend Columbia Southern University.
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Anna Maria College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Anna Maria is a private not-for-profit institution located in Paxton, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 68 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Anna Maria, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Fire Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Anna Maria is $24,626 for Bachelor’s Degree Fire Science students with aid.
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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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