2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Southeast region, there were 4,141 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,400 and $15,305 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 714 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered 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.
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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Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.
Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fire Protection in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fayetteville State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Fayetteville, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 43 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree fire protection students with aid list, Fayetteville State University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Fayetteville State University is $5,899 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fire protection students with aid.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #2 spot on the list. American Public University System is a large private for-profit school situated in Charles Town, West Virginia. It awarded 38 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.
American Military University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $10,222 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students with aid per year to attend American Military University.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #3 spot on the list. Eastern is a fairly large school located in Richmond, Kentucky that handed out 67 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.
Eastern also took the #4 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $14,149 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fire protection students with aid per year to attend Eastern Kentucky University.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia Southern University landed the #4 spot on the list. Columbia Southern University is located in Orange Beach, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 468 bachelors’s fire protection degrees to qualified students.
Columbia Southern University also made our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for Columbia Southern University is $10,368 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fire protection students with aid.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St. Thomas University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. STU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Miami Gardens, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree fire protection students with aid list, STU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for St. Thomas University is $18,374 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students with aid.
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With a ranking of #6, Gardner - Webb University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Gardner - Webb University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. It awarded 2 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.
Gardner - Webb also took the #6 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $21,296 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Fire Protection students with aid per year to attend Gardner - Webb University.
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With a ranking of #7, Liberty University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2019-2020.
Liberty University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Liberty University is $28,903 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fire protection students with aid.
Methodist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fire Protection Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Fayetteville, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fire protection degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree fire protection students with aid list, Methodist has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $32,906 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fire protection students with aid per year to attend Methodist University.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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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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