2023 Best Value Fire Protection Master's Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Fire Protection Master's Degree School for You
Fire Protection is the #121 most popular major in the country with 13,766 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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 Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value master's 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.
Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Fire Protection
Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University Global the best value school in the United States for fire protection students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Purdue University Global are $10,582 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a great value for fire protection students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SIUC are $33,064 a year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fire protection schools in the United States. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.
OSU graduate students pay an average of $24,175 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Fire Protection Master’s Degree Schools list. UF is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.
UF graduate students pay an average of $30,130 in tuition and fees each year.
UF excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Fire Protection Master’s Degree Schools list.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of New Haven helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fire protection schools in the United States. University of New Haven is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of West Haven.
University of New Haven graduate students pay an average of $18,070 in tuition and fees each year.
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Fire Protection Related Majors for Fire Protection
One of 4 majors within the area of study, fire protection has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 5 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.