Fire Protection at Metropolitan Community College

What traits are you looking for in a fire protection school? To help you decide if Metropolitan Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's fire protection program.

MCC is located in Omaha, Nebraska and approximately 13,244 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.

MCC Fire Protection Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Fire Protection

MCC Fire Protection Rankings

Fire Protection Student Demographics at MCC

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

MCC Fire Protection Associate’s Program

11% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 89% of fire protection associate's degrees went to men and 11% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in fire protection at MCC are white. Around 67% fell into this category, which is typical for this degree. MCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in fire protection graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Metropolitan Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Fire Science	9

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 NE, the home state for Metropolitan Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Managers	1,700	$101,380
Firefighters	1,140	$47,880
Fire Fighting Supervisors	300	$73,220

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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