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2025 Best Fire Protection Schools in Colorado

5 Colleges in Colorado
369 Fire Protection Degrees Awarded
$57,073 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in fire protection, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #118 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for fire protection students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 369 degrees in fire protection to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Fire Protection School

Best Fire Protection Schools in Colorado Your choice of fire protection school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for fire protection schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Pick Your Fire Protection Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Fire Protection
Bachelor's Degrees in Fire Protection

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Fire Protection Schools in Colorado ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Fire Protection in Colorado

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the fire protection degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Colorado Schools in Fire Protection

1
Colorado Mesa crest
Colorado Mesa University
Grand Junction, CO
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In CO

Colorado Mesa University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in fire protection. Colorado Mesa is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Grand Junction. This university ranks 26th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.

There were roughly 9 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at Colorado Mesa in the most recent year we have data available.

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2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In CO

Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great option for students pursuing a degree in fire protection. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #178 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Colorado State is a great university overall.

There were approximately 8 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent year we have data available.

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3
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
33 Fire Protection Degrees Awarded
$44,470 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in fire protection needs to look into Aims Community College. Located in the medium-sized city of Greeley, Aims Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #595 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Aims Community College is a great college overall.

There were about 33 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at Aims Community College in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the fire protection program make around $44,470 for their early career.

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4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In CO
10.0% Growth in Graduates

Metropolitan State University of Denver is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in fire protection. Located in the city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 24th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.

There were about 20 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at MSU Denver in the most recent data year.

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5
PPCC crest
Pikes Peak Community College
Colorado Springs, CO
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CO
37 Fire Protection Degrees Awarded

PPCC is a fairly large public college located in the suburb of Colorado Springs. This college ranks 19th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.

There were about 37 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at PPCC in the most recent data year.

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Best Fire Protection Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Fire Protection Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Utah 266 180
Idaho 219 19
Montana 188 13
Wyoming 162 22

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One of 4 majors within the Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting area of study, Fire Protection has other similar majors worth exploring.

Fire Protection Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Fire Science 235
Other Fire Protection 76
Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation 30
Fire Services Administration 28

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections 2,004
Security Science and Technology 70
Homeland Security 27

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