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Most Popular Fire Protection Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

2023 Most Popular Fire Protection Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

2 Colleges
$63,239 Avg Salary
$29,006 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Fire Protection Bachelor's Degree 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 Most Popular Fire Protection Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which bachelor's 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.

Check out the fire protection bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Illinois.

Our analysis found Southern Illinois University Carbondale to be the most popular school for fire protection students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 11% of the students majoring in fire protection at the school are women while 89% are male.

After completing their Bachelor's Degree, fire protection graduates from SIUC carry an average student debt load of $17,627.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western Illinois University is a great place for fire protection students working on their bachelor’s degree. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

Women make up 11% of the fire protection majors at the school.

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Best Fire Protection Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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 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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