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2023 Most Popular Fire Protection Schools in Missouri

9 Colleges
$57,000 Avg Salary
$21,561 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Fire Protection School for You

Fire Protection is the #199 most popular major in Missouri with 25 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 Missouri to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in Missouri to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 Missouri.

Our 2023 rankings named Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City the most popular school in Missouri for fire protection students. MCC is a large public school located in the city of Kansas City.

While working on their degree, fire protection majors at MCC accumulate an average of around $7,385 in student debt.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ozarks Technical Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Fire Protection Schools in Missouri list. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, OTC is a public college with a large student population.

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#3

Three Rivers College

Poplar Bluff, MO

The excellent programs at Three Rivers College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best fire protection schools in Missouri. Three Rivers College is a small public school located in the town of Poplar Bluff.

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#4

Crowder College

Neosho, MO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Crowder College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Fire Protection Schools in Missouri list. Located in the distant town of Neosho, Crowder College is a public school with a small student population.

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#4

College of the Ozarks

Point Lookout, MO

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means College of the Ozarks is a great place for fire protection students. Hard Work U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Point Lookout.

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North Central Missouri College 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. Located in the remote town of Trenton, NCMC is a public school with a small student population.

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#7

Columbia College

Columbia, MO

Columbia College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for fire protection students. It came in at #7 on the list. Columbia College Missouri is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

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Rolla Technical Institute/Center ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Fire Protection Schools in Missouri list. Located in the town of Rolla, Rolla Technical Institute/Center is a public college with a small student population.

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#7

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, MO

Lindenwood University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Fire Protection Schools in Missouri ranking. Lindenwood University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Charles.

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Best Fire Protection Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Fire Protection Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 35
Kansas 61
Iowa 121
Nebraska 12

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 9 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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