The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Fire Protection for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Fire Protection for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 13 masters’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Florida supports 53,372 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Fire Protection for a Master’s. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 19 masters’s fire protection degrees in 2020-2021.
SIUC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 11,366 students enrolled at SIUC, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Fire Protection for a Master’s list. OSU is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s fire protection degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Fire Protection Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,038 of the 24,535 students enrolled at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 439 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,226. In addition to receiving other benefits, 39 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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