2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection (Income $0-$30k) in Connecticut

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 13,176 people earned their degree in fire protection, making the major the 114th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, fire protection graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $51,404 and had an average of $24,230 in loans still to pay off.

Across Connecticut, there were 60 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,200 and $26,399 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,552 and $24,636 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fire protection programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fire protection program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection (Income $0-$30k) in Connecticut

#1

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$28,783 Average Net Price

$43,957 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in West Haven, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 44 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fire protection students in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. The yearly cost to attend University of New Haven is $28,783 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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