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2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
147 Degrees Awarded
$11,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 756 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,800 and $11,911 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 147 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in fire protection. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fire protection programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the fire protection program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The fire protection 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 “Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, this large public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fire protection students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Colorado State is $11,890 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Fire Protection at Colorado State

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Orem, Utah, and it awarded 104 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $8,047 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Utah Valley University.

Full Utah Valley University Fire Protection Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis - Clark State College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lewiston, Idaho, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.

Lewis - Clark State College also made our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $10,025 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Lewis - Clark State College.

Read more about Fire Protection at Lewis - Clark State College

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Metropolitan State University of Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 19 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Denver also made our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $12,219 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Read full report on Fire Protection at MSU Denver

#5

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Pocatello, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

ISU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Idaho State University is $15,639 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Idaho State University Fire Protection Report

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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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