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Basic Certificates in Fire Protection

7,074 Yearly Graduations
12% Women
34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
This degree is more popular with male students, and about 34% of recent graduates were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 0.1% of fire protection graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Fire Protection Majors

In 2020-2021, 7,074 earned their basic certificate in fire protection. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in fire protection at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Basic Certificate 7,074
Associate Degree 3,986
Bachelor’s Degree 1,461
Undergraduate Certificate 1,073
Master’s Degree 153
Graduate Certificate 16
Doctor’s Degree 3

Earnings of Fire Protection Majors With Basic Certificates

At this time, we do not have the data to estimate the median earnings for this class of people.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to estimate the median debt for this class of people.

Student Diversity

More men than women pursue basic certificates in fire protection. About 88.0% of graduates in this field are male.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 6,223
Women 851
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The racial-ethnic distribution of fire protection basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 128
Black or African American 393
Hispanic or Latino 1,608
White 4,454
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 484
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to fire protection that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice & Corrections 18,056
1,014
Homeland Security 987
Other Homeland Security 220

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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