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2023 Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$14,822 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,547 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fire Protection Associate Degree School for You

With 121 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, fire protection is the #81 most popular major in Iowa.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Iowa 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for fire protection majors pursuing a associate degree.

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

Our analysis found Des Moines Area Community College to be the best value school for fire protection students who want to pursue a associate degree in Iowa. Located in the suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at DMACC are $5,220 a year.

DMACC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Iowa list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Hawkeye Community College is a great value for fire protection students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of Waterloo, Hawkeye Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Hawkeye Community College are $5,977 per year.

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#3

Waldorf University

Forest City, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Waldorf University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Iowa list. Waldorf is a small private for-profit school located in the remote town of Forest City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Waldorf are $23,666 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, fire protection majors at Waldorf accumulate an average of around $15,042 in student debt.

Waldorf also took the #1 spot in our Best Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Iowa rankings.

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Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 25
Minnesota 35
Kansas 61
Nebraska 12

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

Majors Similar to Fire Protection

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 3 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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