Fire Protection at Methodist 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 Methodist University stacks up to those at other schools.

Methodist is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina and approximately 1,773 students attend the school each year. Of the 355 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Methodist University in 2021, 16 of them were fire protection majors.

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.

Methodist Fire Protection Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fire Protection

Methodist Fire Protection Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the fire protection progam at Methodist compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The fire protection major at Methodist 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
Most Popular Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
Best Value Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Best Fire Protection Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
	32
	207

How Much Do Fire Protection Graduates from Methodist Make?

The median salary of fire protection students who receive their bachelor's degree at Methodist is $26,240. This is less than $73,459, which is the national average of all fire protection majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Fire Protection Student Demographics at Methodist

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

Methodist Fire Protection Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in fire protection from Methodist. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical fire protection bachelor's degree program is made up of only 11% women. So female students are more repesented at Methodist since its program graduates 39% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in fire protection at Methodist are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• 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 NC, the home state for Methodist University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Firefighters	14,870	$35,500
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Fire Fighting Supervisors	1,620	$61,070
Fire Inspectors	480	$52,760

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.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.