2025 Best Fire Protection Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
479Fire Protection Degrees Awarded
$57,073Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in fire protection is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #118 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for fire protection students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 479 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. For our Best Overall Fire Protection School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Fire Protection Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Fire Protection in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of fire protection degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Fire Protection
Waldorf University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in fire protection. Located in the rural area of Forest City, Waldorf is a private for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 14th out of 37 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 71 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at Waldorf in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the fire protection major at Waldorf University earn $36,640 above the average college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
It's difficult to beat Johnson County Community College if you want to pursue a degree in fire protection. Located in the medium-sized city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #347 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means JCCC is a great college overall.
There were roughly 39 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at JCCC in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in fire protection needs to look into Hutchinson Community College. Located in the town of Hutchinson, Hutchinson Community College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 7th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were about 86 fire protection students who graduated with this degree at Hutchinson Community College in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the fire protection program earn an average of $51,007 for their early career.
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. For our Best Overall Fire Protection School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.