A degree in fire protection is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #118 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Fire Protection Schools in Ohio ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,135 degrees in fire protection annually.
The fire protection program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fire Protection rankings. For our Best Overall Fire Protection School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Fire Protection Schools in Ohio ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of fire protection degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in fire protection. UC is a very large public university located in the city of Cincinnati. A Best Colleges rank of #137 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UC is a great university overall.
There were about 9 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in fire protection has to take a look at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. BGSU is a large public university located in the fringe town of Bowling Green. This university ranks 18th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 17 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at BGSU in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in fire protection has to check out University of Akron Main Campus. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Akron. This university ranks 23rd out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 14 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at University of Akron Main Campus in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the fire protection program make an average of $49,582 in the first couple years of working.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The fire protection program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fire Protection rankings. For our Best Overall Fire Protection School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
