2022 Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 58 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in fire science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fire science programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Science in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$2,532 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fire Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $2,532 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree fire science students with aid per year to attend John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Read more about Fire Science at John Jay

#2

New Jersey City University

Jersey City, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$14,154 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey City University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Jersey City, New Jersey, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s fire science degrees in 2019-2020.

NJCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Fire Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $14,154 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Science students with aid per year to attend NJCU.

Read full report on Fire Science at New Jersey City University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Science (With Aid)

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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