2022 Best Value Colleges for Fire Protection (Income $0-$30k) in Maryland

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 in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Fire Protection is the 114th most popular major in the country with 13,176 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Maryland, there were 17 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,367 and $33,759 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in fire protection. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fire protection programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fire protection program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland fire protection students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Fire Protection (Income $0-$30k) in Maryland

#1

College of Southern Maryland

La Plata, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$6,233 Average Net Price

$35,067 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Southern Maryland landed the #1 spot on the list. La Plata, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s fire protection degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

CSM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Fire Protection Schools in Maryland” list. The yearly cost to attend CSM is $6,233 for maryland fire protection students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

University of Maryland Global Campus

Adelphi, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$14,288 Average Net Price

$56,283 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland Global Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Maryland Global Campus is a large school located in Adelphi, Maryland that handed out 1 ’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.

UMGC also made our “Best Fire Protection Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maryland Global Campus is $14,288 for Maryland Fire Protection students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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