Fire Protection at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and has a total student population of 11,366.

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.

SIUC Fire Protection Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fire Protection
• Master’s Degree in Fire Protection

SIUC Fire Protection Rankings

The fire protection major at SIUC 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.

Fire Protection Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Fire Protection Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 92% of fire protection bachelor's degrees went to men and 8% went to women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in fire protection at SIUC 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a bachelor's in fire protection.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SIUC Fire Protection Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of fire protection master's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

Of the students who received a fire protection master's degree from SIUC, 81% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Fire Protection

The following fire protection concentations are available at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Fire Services Administration	63

Related Majors

• 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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Firefighters	17,170	$56,710
Fire Fighting Supervisors	3,450	$90,860
Fire Inspectors	730	$64,760

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 Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.