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2023 Best Value Fire Protection Master's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$23,204 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,079 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Fire Protection Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Fire Protection

#1

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

Our analysis found Purdue University Global to be the best value school for fire protection students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue University Global are $10,582 per 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 school with a fairly 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 very 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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#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Florida is a great value for fire protection students working on their master’s degree. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UF are $30,130 a year.

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

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#5

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT

Out of the 5 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the # 5 spot on the list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large 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 by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 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.

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