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2023 Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$9,184 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,547 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fire Protection Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 20 degrees and certificates were awarded to fire protection students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #257 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for fire protection students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Bucks County Community College the best value school in Pennsylvania for fire protection students working on their associate degree. Bucks County Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Newtown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bucks County Community College are $9,098 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harrisburg Area Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. HACC is a large public school located in the city of Harrisburg.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at HACC are $8,295 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Community College of Allegheny County is a great value for fire protection students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, CCAC is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CCAC are $8,323 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Montgomery County Community College is a great value for fire protection students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Blue Bell, Montco is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Montco undergraduate students pay an average of $10,350 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Community College of Philadelphia helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fire protection schools in Pennsylvania. Community College of Philadelphia is a fairly large public school located in the city of Philadelphia.

Community College of Philadelphia undergraduate students pay an average of $8,688 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Northampton County Area Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for fire protection students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Northampton Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Bethlehem.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northampton Community College are $10,350 per year.

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Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 79
Maryland 14
New Jersey 54
District of Columbia 1

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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