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Fire Protection at Union County College

Fire Protection at Union County College

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

Union County College is located in Cranford, New Jersey and has a total student population of 8,298.

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.

Union County College Fire Protection Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Fire Protection

Union County College Fire Protection Rankings

Fire Protection Student Demographics at Union County College

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

Union County College Fire Protection Associate’s Program

33% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of fire protection associate's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

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Union County College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in fire protection graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Fire Protection

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician 3

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 NJ, the home state for Union County College.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Managers 18,370 $138,820
Firefighters 5,590 $76,530
Fire Fighting Supervisors 1,600 $115,590
Fire Inspectors 1,190 $55,890

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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