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2023 Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$10,446 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,766 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate School for You

With 289 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, fire protection is the #94 most popular major in Illinois.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate School

#1

Oakton Community College

Des Plaines, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Oakton Community College the best value school in Illinois for fire protection students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Des Plaines, Oakton Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Oakton Community College are $10,446 a year.

Read full report on Fire Protection at Oakton Community College

Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Fire Protection Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 50
Ohio 135
Indiana 292
Wisconsin 88

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 values are for the top school 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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