Fire Protection is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #118 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Fire Protection Schools in Indiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 302 degrees in fire protection annually.
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. We derive our Best Overall Fire Protection School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The fire protection school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Fire Protection Schools in Indiana.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the fire protection degree levels they offer.
Ivy Tech Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in fire protection. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #173 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ivy Tech Community College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 72 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at Ivy Tech Community College in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Purdue University Global if you wish to pursue a degree in fire protection. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue University Global is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 214 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at Purdue University Global in the most recent year we have data available. Those fire protection students who get their degree from Purdue University Global make $20,714 more than the average fire protection grad.
It is hard to beat Vincennes University if you wish to pursue a degree in fire protection. Vincennes University is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Vincennes. This university ranks 9th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 16 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at Vincennes University in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, fire protection degree recipients generally earn an average of $38,326 in their early careers.
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. We derive our Best Overall Fire Protection School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.