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2023 Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$9,595 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$79,110 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fire Protection School for You

In 2020-2021, 218 degrees and certificates were awarded to fire protection students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #111 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in Massachusetts 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Fire Protection Colleges.

Top 10 Best Fire Protection Schools

Our 2023 rankings named North Shore Community College the best value school in Massachusetts for fire protection students. Located in the suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public college with a small student population.

North Shore Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,352 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that fire protection majors at North Shore Community College take out is $7,559.

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Out of the 10 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Middlesex Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Bedford, Middlesex Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Middlesex Community College are $6,048 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Wachusett Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Massachusetts list. MWCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Gardner.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MWCC are $5,668 per year.

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$5,160 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massasoit Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the suburb of Brockton, Massasoit Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Massasoit Community College are $5,160 per year.

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#5

Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA
$5,208 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 10 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Bristol Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Bristol is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Fall River.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bristol are $5,208 a year.

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Springfield Technical 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. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, STCC is a public college with a small student population.

STCC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,520 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$5,830 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, Quinsigamond Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for fire protection students. Quinsigamond Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Worcester.

Quinsigamond Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,830 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Bunker Hill Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for fire protection students. It came in at #8 on the list. BHCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at BHCC are $5,280 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, BHCC is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Fire Protection Schools in Massachusetts list.

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$11,675 Average Tuition & Fees

Salem State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value fire protection programs. Located in the large suburb of Salem, Salem State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Salem State undergraduate students pay an average of $11,675 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Anna Maria College

Paxton, MA
$40,208 Average Tuition & Fees

Anna Maria College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Massachusetts list. Anna Maria is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Paxton.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Anna Maria are $40,208 per year. While working on their degree, fire protection majors at Anna Maria accumulate an average of around $22,067 in student debt.

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Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 29
New Hampshire 17
Maine 27
Rhode Island 10
Vermont 0

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 10 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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