2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Science in Minnesota
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in Minnesota” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Fire Science is the 266th most popular major in the country with 8,321 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Minnesota, there were 39 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,581 and $15,998 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in Minnesota” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fire science. That schools that top this list have a program in fire science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in Minnesota” list to help you make the college decision.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in Minnesota
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in Minnesota”.
Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Science in Minnesota
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Century College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and it awarded 9 associates’s fire science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Riverland Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in Minnesota list. This small school is located in Austin, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 associates’s fire science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.