2023 Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Fire Protection for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 13,766 people earned their degree in fire protection, making the major the 118th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, fire protection graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,963 and had an average of $19,479 in loans still to pay off.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 29 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fire protection programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fire protection program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Fire Protection for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Fire Protection for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Fire Protection for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Holy Family University landed the #1 spot on the list. Holy Family is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s fire protection degrees to qualified students.
Holy Family did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list.Our most recent data shows that 50 of the 3,087 students enrolled at Holy Family were GI Bill® students, of which 19 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,210. On top of their other funding sources, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Holy Family University]](/colleges/holy-family-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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