2023 Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Florida
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Fire Protection School for You
In 2020-2021, 260 degrees and certificates were awarded to fire protection students who went to a Florida college or university. This makes it the #115 most popular major in the state.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 21 schools in Florida 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.
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.
Top 10 Best Fire Protection Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Valencia College the best value school in Florida for fire protection students. Located in the city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public college with a very large student population.
Valencia College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,474 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tallahassee Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Florida list. Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Tallahassee Community College is a public school with a large student population.
Tallahassee Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,026 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Florida State College at Jacksonville is a great value for fire protection students. FSCJ is a fairly large public school located in the city of Jacksonville.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FSCJ are $2,657 per year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Florida-Online is a great value for fire protection students. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF Online is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UF Online are $3,876 per year. The average amount in student loans that fire protection majors at UF Online take out is $17,864.
UF Online also took the #1 spot in our Best Fire Protection Schools in Florida rankings.
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The excellent programs at Gulf Coast State College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best fire protection schools in Florida. GCSC is a small public school located in the city of Panama City.
GCSC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,370 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #6, Seminole State College of Florida did quite well on this year’s best value schools for fire protection students. Seminole State is a large public school located in the city of Sanford.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Seminole State are $3,131 per year.
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With a ranking of #7, Hillsborough Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for fire protection students. Located in the large city of Tampa, HCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at HCC are $2,506 a year. After completing their degree, fire protection graduates from HCC carry an average student debtload of $10,000.
HCC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Fire Protection Schools in Florida list.
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With a ranking of #8, Chipola College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for fire protection students. Located in the town of Marianna, Chipola is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Chipola are $3,120 a year.
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St Petersburg College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for fire protection students. It came in at #9 on the list. SPC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Clearwater.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SPC are $2,682 a year. After completing their degree, fire protection graduates from SPC carry an average student debtload of $12,867.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, SPC also did well on our Best Fire Protection Schools in Florida list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Daytona State College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Florida ranking. Daytona State College is a large public school located in the city of Daytona Beach.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Daytona State College are $3,106 per year. The average amount in student loans that fire protection majors at Daytona State College take out is $6,313.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Georgia | 29 |
Virginia | 41 |
North Carolina | 255 |
Tennessee | 44 |
Kentucky | 72 |
South Carolina | 5 |
Louisiana | 19 |
Arkansas | 7 |
Alabama | 1,020 |
Mississippi | 1 |
West Virginia | 91 |
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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 Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 21 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.