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2023 Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Alaska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,986 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Fire Protection School for You

In 2020-2021, 16 degrees and certificates were awarded to fire protection students who went to a Alaska college or university. This makes it the #54 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Alaska ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alaska to see which 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 Schools in Alaska

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

Best Alaska Schools for Affordable Quality in Fire Protection

$8,750 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Anchorage the best value school in Alaska for fire protection students. Located in the large city of Anchorage, UAA is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UAA are $8,750 per year.

UAA also took the #1 spot in our Best Fire Protection Schools in Alaska rankings.

Full Fire Protection at University of Alaska Anchorage Report

$9,221 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Alaska list. UAF is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of Fairbanks.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UAF are $9,221 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UAF is ranked #3 for overall quality for fire protection in Alaska.

Full Fire Protection at University of Alaska Fairbanks Report

Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,183
Washington 94
Oregon 115
Nevada 35
Hawaii 72

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 2 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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