Fire Protection at Liberty University

Every fire protection school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the fire protection program at Liberty University stacks up to those at other schools.

Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and approximately 93,349 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in fire protection from Liberty University.

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.

Liberty University Fire Protection Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fire Protection

Online Classes Are Available at Liberty University

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Liberty University offers distance education options for fire protection at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Liberty University Fire Protection Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks fire protection programs across the country. The following shows how Liberty University performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The fire protection major at Liberty University 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	8

Fire Protection Student Demographics at Liberty University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the fire protection majors at Liberty University.

Liberty University Fire Protection Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 fire protection students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Liberty University, about 96% were men and 4% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in fire protection at Liberty University are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Liberty University also has a doctoral program available in fire protection. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Homeland Security
• Security Science and Technology
• Criminal Justice & Corrections

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 VA, the home state for Liberty University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Firefighters	10,160	$51,510
Fire Fighting Supervisors	2,070	$83,440
Fire Inspectors	170	$55,540

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.