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2023 Best Fire Protection Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

1 Ranked Colleges
13 Degrees Awarded
$28,100 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Fire Protection for a Master's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 the Southeast Region for Fire Protection for a Master’s” ranking.

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 Southeast region, there were 4,164 fire protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,757 and $16,312 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the fire protection program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Fire Protection for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Fire Protection for a Master’s”.

Top 1 Best Fire Protection Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

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University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Fire Protection for a Master’s. UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s fire protection degrees to qualified students.

UF also made our “Best Fire Protection Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 53,372 students enrolled at UF were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Florida]](/colleges/university-of-florida/student-life/veterans/)

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