2023 Most Popular Fire Protection Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
Finding the Best Fire Protection Master's Degree School for You
Fire Protection is the #121 most popular major in the country with 13,766 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Fire Protection Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which master'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.
2023 Most Popular Fire Protection Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Fire Protection Master's Degree Colleges.
Most Popular Far Western US Region Schools for a Master's in Fire Protection
Our 2023 rankings named California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for fire protection students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public college with a very large student population.
Women make up 19% of the fire protection majors at the school.
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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Western Oregon University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular fire protection schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the town of Monmouth, Western Oregon State College is a public college with a small student population.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| California | 1,183 |
| Washington | 94 |
| Oregon | 115 |
| Nevada | 35 |
| Hawaii | 72 |
| Alaska | 16 |
Majors Related to Fire Protection
Fire Protection is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Fire Protection
| 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.