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Fire Protection at Butte College

If you are interested in studying Fire Protection, consider the program at Butte College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Butte College is located in Oroville, CA.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 94 fire protection degrees were awarded at Butte College.

Online Class Availability at Butte College

Distance learning is available at Butte College. Of 10,968 students, 2,744 (25%) studied exclusively online and 3,933 (36%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the composition of Fire Protection graduates at Butte College, by degree type.

Program-wide, Fire Protection graduates at Butte College are 5% women (5) and 95% men (89).

Fire Protection Associate’s Program at Butte College

Of the 21 associate’s fire protection graduates at Butte College, 5% were women (1) and 95% were men (20).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Fire Protection associate’s degree recipients at Butte College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	19
Hispanic / Latino	2

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 10% of Fire Protection associate’s degree recipients at Butte College, below the national average of 31%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Fire Protection Concentrations at Butte College

This Fire Protection program at Butte College includes the following sub-specializations:

Concentration	Graduates
Fire Prevention & Safety	23
Fire Science	71

Highest-Paying Careers for Fire Protection Graduates

Those who complete Fire Protection program at Butte College go on to a range of careers. Below are the best-paid careers for Fire Protection majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Wind Energy Development Managers	$169,952
Loss Prevention Managers	$165,723
Wind Energy Operations Managers	$122,567
Compliance Managers	$117,178
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers	$99,321
Managers, All Other	$95,684
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$86,398
Regulatory Affairs Managers	$77,828
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$63,677
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	$60,919

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.