2023 Most Focused Colleges for Fire Protection in Hawaii

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Fire Protection is the 118th most popular major in the country with 13,901 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , fire protection graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $47,929 and had an average of $17,155 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 119 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,616 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in Hawaii” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in fire protection. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in fire protection.

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Schools Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in Hawaii

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii fire protection students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Fire Protection in Hawaii

1

Honolulu Community College
Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 overall quality in Hawaii

$55,089 Average Early-Career Earnings

$9,062 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, Honolulu Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 82 ’s fire protection degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Fire Protection at Honolulu CC

2

Hawaii Community College
Hilo, Hawaii

#11 overall quality in Hawaii

$36,268 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,064 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hawaii Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Fire Protection Major in Hawaii list. Hilo, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s fire protection degrees to 37 students in 2021-2022.

Read more about Fire Protection at Hawaii CC

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.