A degree in fire protection is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #118 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
There was only one school in Iowa to review for the 2025 Best Fire Protection Schools in Iowa ranking.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Fire Protection Schools in Iowa list, to help you choose the best school for you.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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The schools below may not offer all types of fire protection degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Waldorf University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in fire protection. Located in the remote area of Forest City, Waldorf is a private for-profit university with a small student population.
Degree recipients from the fire protection major at Waldorf University make $36,640 more than the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
