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Most Popular Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

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2023 Most Popular Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

6 Colleges
$55,547 Avg Salary
$16,156 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Fire Protection Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 20 degrees and certificates were awarded to fire protection students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #257 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Pennsylvania to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Fire Protection program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Fire Protection Associate Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Bucks County Community College the most popular school in Pennsylvania for fire protection students working on their associate degree. Bucks County Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Newtown.

Read full report on Fire Protection at Bucks County Community College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Allegheny County. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Fire Protection Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, CCAC is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 25% of the fire protection majors at the school.

Read full report on Fire Protection at Community College of Allegheny County

Out of the 6 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Harrisburg Area Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. HACC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Harrisburg.

Of the 3 students majoring in fire protection at HACC, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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Out of the 6 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Montgomery County Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Blue Bell, Montco is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Out of the 6 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Northampton County Area Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Northampton Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Bethlehem.

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Out of the 6 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Philadelphia landed the # 5 spot on the list. Community College of Philadelphia is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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Best Fire Protection Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Fire Protection Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 79
Maryland 14
New Jersey 54
District of Columbia 1

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 6 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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