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2023 Best Value Fire Protection Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$24,846 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,239 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fire Protection Bachelor's 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Fire Protection Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Carolina to see which bachelor's 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.

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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Fire Protection Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Fire Protection

#1

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

Our analysis found Fayetteville State University to be the best value school for fire protection students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in North Carolina. Fayetteville State University is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville.

Fayetteville State University undergraduate students pay an average of $5,379 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, fire protection majors at Fayetteville State University accumulate an average of around $18,480 in student debt.

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#2

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Gardner - Webb University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fire protection schools in North Carolina. Gardner - Webb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Boiling Springs.

Gardner - Webb undergraduate students pay an average of $32,200 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Methodist University

Fayetteville, NC

Out of the 3 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Methodist University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Fayetteville, Methodist is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Methodist are $36,960 per year.

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Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Fire Protection Colleges 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 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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