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2023 Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$12,392 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Fire Protection School for You

In 2020-2021, 20 degrees and certificates were awarded to fire protection students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #257 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in Pennsylvania

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

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality in Fire Protection

$9,098 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Bucks County Community College to be the best value school for fire protection students who want to pursue a degree in Pennsylvania. Bucks County Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Newtown.

Bucks County Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,098 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$8,295 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harrisburg Area Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Pennsylvania list. HACC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Harrisburg.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at HACC are $8,295 per year.

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$8,323 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Community College of Allegheny County helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best fire protection schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, CCAC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCAC are $8,323 a year.

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$10,350 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montgomery County Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large suburb of Blue Bell, Montco is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Montco undergraduate students pay an average of $10,350 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$8,688 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Philadelphia. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Pennsylvania list. Community College of Philadelphia is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Community College of Philadelphia are $8,688 a year.

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$10,350 Average Tuition & Fees

Northampton County Area Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for fire protection students. It came in at #6 on the list. Northampton Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Bethlehem.

Northampton Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,350 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Holy Family University

Philadelphia, PA
$31,640 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, Holy Family University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for fire protection students. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Holy Family is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Holy Family are $31,640 per year.

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Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 79
Maryland 14
New Jersey 54
District of Columbia 1

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 7 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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