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 Texas 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 715 degrees in fire science annually.
Your choice of fire science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Texas.
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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.
South Texas College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in fire science. Located in the midsize city of McAllen, South Texas College is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #485 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means South Texas College is a great college overall.
There were about 42 fire science students who graduated with this degree at South Texas College in the most recent year we have data available.
Lone Star College System is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in fire science. Located in the city of The Woodlands, North Harris Montgomery is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #557 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means North Harris Montgomery is a great college overall.
There were approximately 63 fire science students who graduated with this degree at North Harris Montgomery in the most recent year we have data available.
Blinn College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in fire science. Blinn College is a fairly large public college located in the distant town of Brenham. This college ranks 62nd out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 22 fire science students who graduated with this degree at Blinn College in the most recent data year.
El Paso Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in fire science. Located in the city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 89th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 30 fire science students who graduated with this degree at El Paso Community College 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).
Your choice of fire science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.