2024 Best Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
15Associate Degrees
When it comes to popularity, an associate degree in wildl&/forest firefighting & investigation sits in the middle of the road, ranking #508 out of 1020 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of wildl&/forest firefighting & investigation. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 15 associate degrees in wildl&/forest firefighting & investigation during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation School for Your Associate Degree
The wildland/forest firefighting and investigation associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to wildl&/forest firefighting & investigation students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other wildl&/forest firefighting & investigation students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized wildl&/forest firefighting & investigation related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for wildl&/forest firefighting & investigation students working on their associate degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Wildl&/Forest Firefighting & Investigation in the Far Western US Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in wildl&/forest firefighting & investigation.
Top Far Western US Region Schools for an Associate in Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation
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.