Is a Fire Protection degree worth it?
Across 16 schools, graduates of Fire Protection earn a median $80,521 five years out on $23,688 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Firefighters (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$80,521
Median debt
$23,688
Years to pay off
2.9
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
20%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+3.4%
BLS 2024–2034
Net price
$15,535/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$19,755
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Fire Protection in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.