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2023 Most Popular Fire Protection Schools in Alabama

2 Colleges
$68,199 Avg Salary
$15,803 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Fire Protection School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,020 degrees and certificates were awarded to fire protection students who went to a Alabama college or university. This makes it the #14 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Fire Protection Schools in Alabama ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alabama 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.

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

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Our analysis found Columbia Southern University to be the most popular school for fire protection students who want to pursue a degree in Alabama. Columbia Southern University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the town of Orange Beach.

On average, fire protection graduates from Columbia Southern University take out $15,803 in student loans while working on their degree.

Read full report on Fire Protection at Columbia Southern University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Chattahoochee Valley Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Fire Protection Schools in Alabama list. CVCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Phenix City.

Read full report on Fire Protection at Chattahoochee Valley Community College

Best Fire Protection Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 29
Virginia 41
North Carolina 255
Florida 260
Tennessee 44
Kentucky 72
South Carolina 5
Louisiana 19
Arkansas 7
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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