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2023 Most Popular Fire Protection Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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Finding the Best Fire Protection Graduate 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Fire Protection Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Our 2023 rankings named University of Florida the most popular school in the Southeast Region for fire protection students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 40% of the students majoring in fire protection at the school are women while 60% are male.

Read full report on Fire Protection at University of Florida

Out of the 2 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Fire Protection Colleges by State

Explore the best fire protection colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 29
Virginia 41
North Carolina 255
Florida 260
Tennessee 44
Kentucky 72
South Carolina 5
Louisiana 19
Arkansas 7
Alabama 1,020
Mississippi 1
West Virginia 91

Fire Protection is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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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