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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Southeast Region

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53 Degrees Awarded
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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 8,321 people earned their degree in fire science, making the major the 266th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 2,734 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 6 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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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Science in the Southeast Region

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University of Florida-Online
Gainesville, Florida

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida-Online. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Southeast Region. UF Online is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 41 bachelors’s fire science degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Columbia College
Columbia, South Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Southeast Region. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fire science degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Fire Science at Columbia College South Carolina

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Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, Alabama

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia Southern University landed the #3 spot on the list. Columbia Southern University is a fairly large private for-profit school situated in Orange Beach, Alabama. It awarded 6 bachelors’s fire science degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Fire Science at Columbia Southern University

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American Public University System
Charles Town, West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Southeast Region list. American Military University is a large school located in Charles Town, West Virginia that handed out 54 bachelors’s fire science degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide landed the #4 spot on the list. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a private not-for-profit institution located in Daytona Beach, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Fire Science at Embry-Riddle Worldwide

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University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in the Southeast Region. University of Florida is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 60 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Fire Science at UF

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