2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Master’s in California 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 Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 California, there were 3,331 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, California

#1 in overall quality

$21,009 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$93,076 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in San Luis Obispo, California, and it awarded 10 masters’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fire Protection Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo are $21,009, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection (Income $30-$48k)

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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