Fire Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #266 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Wisconsin 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 95 degrees in fire science annually.
The fire science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fire Science rankings. We derive our Best Overall Fire Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Fire Science Schools in Wisconsin list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of fire science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Madison Area Technical College is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in fire science. Located in the large city of Madison, Madison College is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #223 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Madison College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 35 fire science students who graduated with this degree at Madison College in the most recent year we have data available.
Fox Valley Technical College is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in fire science. FVTC is a large public college located in the midsize suburb of Appleton. This college ranks 9th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 19 fire science students who graduated with this degree at FVTC in the most recent year we have data available.
Western Technical College is a great choice for students interested in a degree in fire science. Located in the city of La Crosse, Western Technical College is a public college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #292 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Western Technical College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 14 fire science students who graduated with this degree at Western Technical College in the most recent data year.
Milwaukee Area Technical College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in fire science. MATC is a large public college located in the large city of Milwaukee. This college ranks 14th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 7 fire science students who graduated with this degree at MATC in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
The fire science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fire Science rankings. We derive our Best Overall Fire Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.