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Fire Protection at California State University - Los Angeles

Fire Protection at California State University - Los Angeles

If you plan to study fire protection, take a look at what California State University - Los Angeles has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cal State LA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 26,745.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Fire Protection section at the bottom of this page.

Cal State LA Fire Protection Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Fire Protection

Cal State LA Fire Protection Rankings

The fire protection major at Cal State LA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Fire Protection. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Fire Protection Student Demographics at Cal State LA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the fire protection majors at California State University - Los Angeles.

Cal State LA Fire Protection Bachelor’s Program

5% Women
79% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 95% of fire protection bachelor's degrees went to men and 5% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% more racial-ethnic minorities in its fire protection bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in fire protection.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 24
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Fire Protection

If you plan to be a fire protection major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at California State University - Los Angeles. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Fire Services Administration 33

Careers That Fire Protection Grads May Go Into

A degree in fire protection can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Los Angeles.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Managers 66,300 $143,350
Firefighters 32,910 $81,580
Fire Fighting Supervisors 2,880 $134,870
Fire Inspectors 700 $103,830
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists 340 $82,000

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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