If you plan on majoring in fire protection, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #118 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of fire protection. Combined, these schools handed out 129 degrees in fire protection to qualified students.
The fire protection program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fire Protection rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for fire protection schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Fire Protection Schools in Oregon ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the fire protection degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat Central Oregon Community College if you want to pursue a degree in fire protection. Located in the medium-sized city of Bend, COCC is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 24th out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were roughly 16 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at COCC in the most recent year we have data available.
Eastern Oregon University is a great option for students interested in a degree in fire protection. EOU is a small public university located in the remote town of La Grande. This university ranks 23rd out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 44 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at EOU in the most recent year we have data available.
Chemeketa Community College is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in fire protection. Chemeketa Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Salem. A Best Colleges rank of #1079 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Chemeketa Community College is a great college overall.
There were about 23 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at Chemeketa Community College in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The fire protection program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fire Protection rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for fire protection schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
