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2023 Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$2,529 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,547 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fire Protection Associate Degree School for You

With 255 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, fire protection is the #85 most popular major in North Carolina.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in North Carolina 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 North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Fire Protection

Our 2023 rankings named Guilford Technical Community College the best value school in North Carolina for fire protection students working on their associate degree. Guilford Technical Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Jamestown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Guilford Technical Community College are $2,289 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alamance Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina list. ACC is a small public school located in the rural area of Graham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ACC are $2,310 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, ACC also did well on our Best Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Central Piedmont Community College is a great value for fire protection students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Central Piedmont Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,792 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Central Piedmont Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Out of the 8 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Forsyth Technical Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Winston-Salem, Forsyth Tech is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Forsyth Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $2,152 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fayetteville Technical Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville, FTCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

FTCC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,544 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Asheville, A-B Tech is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

A-B Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $2,632 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Wake Technical 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 #7 on the list. Wake Technical Community College is a very large public school located in the suburb of Raleigh.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wake Technical Community College are $2,768 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Wake Technical Community College is ranked #5 for overall quality for fire protection in North Carolina.

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#8

Cape Fear Community College

Wilmington, NC

Cape Fear Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina list. CFCC is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington.

CFCC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,748 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 29
Virginia 41
Florida 260
Tennessee 44
Kentucky 72
South Carolina 5
Louisiana 19
Arkansas 7
Alabama 1,020
Mississippi 1
West Virginia 91

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 8 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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