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Fire Protection at Harrisburg Area Community College

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

HACC is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 15,376.

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.

HACC Fire Protection Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Fire Protection

Online Classes Are Available at HACC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, HACC does offer online courses in fire protection for the following degree levels:

HACC Fire Protection Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Fire Protection Student Demographics at HACC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the fire protection majors at Harrisburg Area Community College.

HACC Fire Protection Associate’s Program

33% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of fire protection associate's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

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HACC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in fire protection graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

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 PA, the home state for Harrisburg Area Community College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Managers 11,060 $126,290
Firefighters 4,650 $56,090
Fire Fighting Supervisors 900 $75,910
Fire Inspectors 140 $56,890

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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