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2023 Best Value Fire Protection Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$8,616 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,240 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fire Protection School for You

With 255 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, fire protection is the #85 most popular major in North Carolina.

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.

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 North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in North Carolina 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 North Carolina

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

Top 10 Best Fire Protection Schools

$2,289 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Guilford Technical Community College the best value school in North Carolina for fire protection students. Guilford Technical Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Jamestown.

Guilford Technical Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,289 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$2,152 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 11 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Forsyth Technical Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Winston-Salem, Forsyth Tech is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Forsyth Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $2,152 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alamance Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Fire Protection Schools in North Carolina list. ACC is a small public school located in the rural area of Graham.

ACC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,310 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

ACC also claimed a spot on our Best Fire Protection Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Piedmont Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Fire Protection Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Central Piedmont Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,792 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Central Piedmont Community College is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Fire Protection Schools in North Carolina list.

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$2,544 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fayetteville Technical Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Fayetteville, FTCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FTCC are $2,544 per year.

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$2,632 Average Tuition & Fees

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value fire protection programs. Located in the city of Asheville, A-B Tech is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

A-B Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $2,632 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Cape Fear Community College

Wilmington, NC
$2,748 Average Tuition & Fees

Cape Fear Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for fire protection students. It came in at #7 on the list. CFCC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Wilmington.

CFCC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,748 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Wake Technical Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value fire protection programs. Wake Technical Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Raleigh.

Wake Technical Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,768 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Wake Technical Community College is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Fire Protection Schools in North Carolina list.

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#9

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC
$5,379 Average Tuition & Fees

Fayetteville State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Schools in North Carolina list. Fayetteville State University is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fayetteville State University are $5,379 per year.

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#10

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC
$32,200 Average Tuition & Fees

Gardner - Webb University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Schools in North Carolina list. Gardner - Webb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Boiling Springs.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Gardner - Webb are $32,200 per year.

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Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 29
Virginia 41
Florida 260
Tennessee 44
Kentucky 72
South Carolina 5
Louisiana 19
Arkansas 7
Alabama 1,020
Mississippi 1
West Virginia 91

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 11 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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