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2023 Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

32 Colleges
$7,389 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,766 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

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

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 suburb of Kenosha.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Gateway Technical College are $6,803 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Gateway Technical College also did well on our Best Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northcentral Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. North Central Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Wausau.

North Central Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,415 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, North Central Technical College also did well on our Best Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Fox Valley Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fire protection schools in the United States. FVTC is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Appleton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FVTC are $6,861 per year.

FVTC 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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#4

South Plains College

Levelland, TX

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 distant town of Levelland, South Plains College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at South Plains College are $4,276 a year.

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#5

El Centro College

Dallas, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend El Centro College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at El Centro College are $6,000 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, El Centro College also did well on our Best Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#6

College of the Mainland

Texas City, TX

College of the Mainland landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate fire protection programs. COM is a small public school located in the suburb of Texas City.

COM undergraduate students pay an average of $3,873 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Schoolcraft College

Livonia, MI

With a ranking of #7, Schoolcraft College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for fire protection students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Livonia, Schoolcraft College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Schoolcraft College are $7,574 per year.

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#8

Santa Rosa Junior College

Santa Rosa, CA

Santa Rosa Junior College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate fire protection programs. Located in the city of Santa Rosa, SRJC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SRJC are $8,952 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, SRJC is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.

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#9

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, KS

Johnson County Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JCCC are $5,352 per year.

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#10

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, TX

Tyler Junior College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for fire protection students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Tyler Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,440 in tuition and fees each year.

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Fire Protection by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 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).

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