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Best Value Fire Protection Schools in New Mexico

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2023 Best Value Fire Protection Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$1,922 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,786 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fire Protection School for You

With 37 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, fire protection is the #88 most popular major in New Mexico.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Fire Protection Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Mexico 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.

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 New Mexico

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

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in Fire Protection

$1,684 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Central New Mexico Community College to be the best value school for fire protection students who want to pursue a degree in New Mexico. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CNM are $1,684 a year.

CNM also made our Best Fire Protection Schools in New Mexico list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Fire Protection at Central New Mexico Community College

$2,160 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at New Mexico State University - Dona Ana helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best fire protection schools in New Mexico. NMSU Dona Ana is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Las Cruces.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NMSU Dona Ana are $2,160 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NMSU Dona Ana is ranked #4 for overall quality for fire protection in New Mexico.

Read full report on Fire Protection at New Mexico State University - Dona Ana

Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 220
Arizona 41
Oklahoma 42

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 2 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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