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2023 Most Popular Fire Protection Schools in Pennsylvania

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Finding the Best Fire Protection 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Fire Protection Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Pennsylvania to see which 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 programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Pennsylvania.

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

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Community College of Allegheny County is a great place for fire protection students. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, CCAC is a public college with a large student population.

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Out of the 8 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 large public school located in the city of Harrisburg.

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The excellent programs at Montgomery County Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best fire protection schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the suburb of Blue Bell, Montco is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Holy Family University

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent programs at Holy Family University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best fire protection schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Holy Family is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Northampton County Area Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Fire Protection Schools in Pennsylvania list. Northampton Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Bethlehem.

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Community College of Philadelphia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for fire protection students. It came in at #6 on the list. Community College of Philadelphia is a large public school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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Butler County Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for fire protection students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the town of Butler, BC3 is a public college with a small student population.

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Best Fire Protection Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Fire Protection Colleges 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 8 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).

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