2025 Best Fire Science Schools in Illinois

A degree in fire science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #266 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for fire science students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 433 degrees in fire science annually.

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• Best Overall Fire Science Schools List

Fire Science Rankings by Degree Level

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 Best Fire Science Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college 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 Science in Illinois

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 science degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Illinois Schools in Fire Science

1

William Rainey Harper College
Palatine, IL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

William Rainey Harper College is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in fire science. Harper College is a large public college located in the large suburb of Palatine.More information about a degree in fire science from William Rainey Harper College

2

McHenry County College
Crystal Lake, IL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

46 Fire Science Degrees Awarded

McHenry County College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in fire science. MCC is a moderately-sized public college located in the rural area of Crystal Lake.More information about a degree in fire science from McHenry County College

Best Fire Science Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Fire Science Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	939	64
Michigan	915	42
Indiana	737	90
Wisconsin	672	63

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Rankings in Majors Related to Fire Science

One of 6 majors within the Fire Protection area of study, Fire Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Fire Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Fire Services Administration	86
Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician	77

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Notes and References

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.