2025 Best Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Associate Degree Schools

If you plan on getting your associate degree in crisis/emergency/disaster management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #315 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Associate Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 119 associate degrees in crisis/emergency/disaster management to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on crisis/emergency/disaster management students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of crisis/emergency/disaster management students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• 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 crisis/emergency/disaster management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for crisis/emergency/disaster management students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Schools

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 Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Associate Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in crisis/emergency/disaster management.

Top Schools for an Associate in Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management

1

Waldorf University
Forest City, IA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Waldorf University if you want to pursue an associate degree in crisis/emergency/disaster management. Waldorf is a small private for-profit university located in the rural area of Forest City.More information about a associate in crisis/emergency/disaster management from Waldorf University

2

Wayne Community College
Goldsboro, NC

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in crisis/emergency/disaster management needs to take a look at Wayne Community College. Wayne Community College is a small public college located in the small city of Goldsboro.More information about a associate in crisis/emergency/disaster management from Wayne Community College

Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Homeland Security area of study, Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Homeland Security	191
Terrorism & Counterterrorism Operations	49
Critical Infrastructure Protection	38
Other Homeland Security	5

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.