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2023 Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Ohio

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$6,065 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,547 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fire Protection Associate Degree School for You

With 135 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, fire protection is the #135 most popular major in Ohio.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Ohio to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Ohio to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for fire protection students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Ohio

Check out the fire protection associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Ohio Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Fire Protection

Our 2023 rankings named Eastern Gateway Community College the best value school in Ohio for fire protection students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Steubenville, Eastern Gateway Community College is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Eastern Gateway Community College are $4,410 a year.

Eastern Gateway Community College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Ohio list.

Read full report on Fire Protection at Eastern Gateway Community College

#2

Stark State College

North Canton, OH

Out of the 6 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Stark State College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Stark State College is a large public school located in the suburb of North Canton.

Stark State College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,310 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Fire Protection majors at Stark State College take out an average of $14,994 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Full Fire Protection at Stark State College Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Central Ohio Technical College is a great value for fire protection students working on their associate degree. COTC is a small public school located in the small suburb of Newark.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at COTC are $4,896 per year.

Read full report on Fire Protection at Central Ohio Technical College

The excellent associate degree programs at Sinclair Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fire protection schools in Ohio. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Dayton.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Sinclair Community College are $4,329 per year.

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#5

Hocking College

Nelsonville, OH

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hocking College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Ohio list. Located in the town of Nelsonville, Hocking Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Hocking Technical College are $5,396 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Akron Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for fire protection students working on their associate degree. University of Akron Main Campus is a large public school located in the midsize city of Akron.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,880 a year.

Full Fire Protection at University of Akron Main Campus Report

Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Fire Protection Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 50
Illinois 289
Indiana 292
Wisconsin 88

One of 4 majors within the area of study, fire protection has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections 113,121
Homeland Security 7,140
Security Science and Technology 6,888
Other Homeland Security 1,695

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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