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Fire Protection at Santa Ana College

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

SAC is located in Santa Ana, California and approximately 20,118 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.

SAC Fire Protection Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Fire Protection (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Fire Protection

SAC Fire Protection Rankings

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Fire Protection Student Demographics at SAC

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

SAC Fire Protection Associate’s Program

5% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 95% of fire protection associate's degrees went to men and 5% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in fire protection at SAC are white. Around 57% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. SAC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in fire protection graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 32
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 CA, the home state for Santa Ana College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Managers 66,300 $143,350
Firefighters 32,910 $81,580
Fire Fighting Supervisors 2,880 $134,870
Fire Inspectors 700 $103,830
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists 340 $82,000

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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