2022 Best Value Colleges for Fire Protection in Tennessee (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 Tennessee, there were 53 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in fire protection. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fire protection programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee fire protection students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Fire Protection in Tennessee (With Aid)

#1

Volunteer State Community College

Gallatin, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$6,990 Average Net Price

$33,220 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Volunteer State Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Gallatin, Tennessee, this medium-sized public school awarded 44 diplomas to qualified ’s fire protection students in 2019-2020.

VSCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fire Protection Schools in Tennessee” list. It costs about $6,990 for Tennessee Fire Protection students with aid per year to attend VSCC.

Read more about Fire Protection at VSCC

#2

Walters State Community College

Morristown, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$3,404 Average Net Price

$32,100 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Walters State Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Walters State Community College is located in Morristown, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 ’s fire protection degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WSCC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Schools in Tennessee” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Walters State Community College is $3,404 for tennessee fire protection students with aid.

Read full report on Fire Protection at WSCC

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• Best Value Colleges for Fire Protection (With Aid)

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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