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Fire Protection at William Rainey Harper College

Fire Protection at William Rainey Harper College

If you plan to study fire protection, take a look at what William Rainey Harper College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Harper College is located in Palatine, Illinois and approximately 12,199 students attend the school each year.

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.

Harper College Fire Protection Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Fire Protection

Harper College Fire Protection Rankings

Fire Protection Student Demographics at Harper College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the fire protection majors at William Rainey Harper College.

Harper College Fire Protection Associate’s Program

7% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 93% of fire protection associate's degrees went to men and 7% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in fire protection at Harper College are white. Around 80% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from William Rainey Harper College with a associate's in fire protection.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Fire Protection

The following fire protection concentations are available at William Rainey Harper College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from William Rainey Harper College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Fire Science 28

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 IL, the home state for William Rainey Harper College.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Firefighters 17,170 $56,710
Fire Fighting Supervisors 3,450 $90,860
Fire Inspectors 730 $64,760

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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