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2023 Most Popular Fire Protection Schools in Tennessee

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In 2020-2021, 44 degrees and certificates were awarded to fire protection students who went to a Tennessee college or university. This makes it the #142 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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Fire Protection Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Tennessee 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.

Our 2023 rankings named Volunteer State Community College the most popular school in Tennessee for fire protection students. VSCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Gallatin.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walters State Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Fire Protection Schools in Tennessee list. WSCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Morristown.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chattanooga State Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Fire Protection Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the medium-sized city of Chattanooga, Chattanooga State Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent programs at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best fire protection schools in Tennessee. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Knoxville.

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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
Kentucky 72
South Carolina 5
Louisiana 19
Arkansas 7
Alabama 1,020
Mississippi 1
West Virginia 91

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 4 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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