2025 Best Fire Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
3Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
632Fire Science Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in fire science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #266 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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 632 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for fire science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The fire science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Fire Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Fire Science in the Rocky Mountains Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the fire science degree levels they offer.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Fire Science
It's hard to beat Utah Valley University if you wish to pursue a degree in fire science. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #580 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UVU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 276 fire science students who graduated with this degree at UVU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in fire science needs to take a look at Aims Community College. Aims Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the midsize city of Greeley. This college ranks 11th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 33 fire science students who graduated with this degree at Aims Community College in the most recent data year.
Pikes Peak Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in fire science. Located in the suburb of Colorado Springs, PPCC is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 19th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 29 fire science students who graduated with this degree at PPCC in the most recent data year.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for fire science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
