2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Fire Protection for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Fire Protection for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Fire Protection is the 118th most popular major in the country with 13,766 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 the Plains States region, there were 440 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,242 and $26,417 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 72 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fire protection programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fire protection program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Fire Protection for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Fire Protection for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying fire protection.
Top 1 Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Fire Protection for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Waldorf University landed the #1 spot on the list. Waldorf is a small school located in Forest City, Iowa that handed out 70 bachelors’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Waldorf, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 398 of the 3,025 students enrolled at Waldorf were GI Bill® students, of which 319 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,621. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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