2023 Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate School for You
Fire Protection is the #121 most popular major in the country with 13,766 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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.
The Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 32 schools in the United States to see which undergraduate certificate 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.
Top 10 Best Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Gateway Technical College the best value school in the United States for fire protection students working on their undergraduate certificate. Gateway Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Kenosha.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Gateway Technical College are $6,803 per year.
Gateway Technical College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Northcentral Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fire protection schools in the United States. North Central Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Wausau.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Central Technical College are $5,415 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, North Central Technical College also is in the top 15% of our Best Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fox Valley Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. FVTC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Appleton.
FVTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,861 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, FVTC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend South Plains College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the town of Levelland, South Plains College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Plains College are $4,276 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend El Centro College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
El Centro College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,000 in tuition and fees each year.
El Centro College also claimed a spot on our Best Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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With a ranking of #6, College of the Mainland did quite well on this year’s best value schools for fire protection students working on their undergraduate certificate. COM is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Texas City.
COM undergraduate students pay an average of $3,873 in tuition and fees each year.
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Schoolcraft College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the small city of Livonia, Schoolcraft College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Schoolcraft College are $7,574 a year.
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Santa Rosa Junior College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Santa Rosa, SRJC is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SRJC are $8,952 per year.
SRJC also claimed a spot on our Best Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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Johnson County Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at JCCC are $5,352 a year.
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Tyler Junior College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tyler Junior College are $4,440 per year.
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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 Majors Related to Fire Protection
| 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 25 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.