2025 Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #71 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for fire prevention & safety technology/technician students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 81 associate degrees in fire prevention & safety technology/technician to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of fire prevention & safety technology/technician for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality fire prevention and safety technology/technician program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to fire prevention & safety technology/technician students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other fire prevention & safety technology/technician students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized fire prevention & safety technology/technician related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for fire prevention & safety technology/technician students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician in Massachusetts

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in fire prevention & safety technology/technician.

Top Massachusetts Schools for an Associate in Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician

1

North Shore Community College
Danvers, MA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

29 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in fire prevention & safety technology/technician needs to check out North Shore Community College. Located in the large suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in fire prevention & safety technology/technician from North Shore Community College

2

Bunker Hill Community College
Boston, MA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Bunker Hill Community College if you want to pursue an associate degree in fire prevention & safety technology/technician. BHCC is a medium-sized public college located in the large city of Boston.More information about a associate in fire prevention & safety technology/technician from Bunker Hill Community College

3

Springfield Technical Community College
Springfield, MA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Springfield Technical Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in fire prevention & safety technology/technician. STCC is a small public college located in the city of Springfield.More information about a associate in fire prevention & safety technology/technician from Springfield Technical Community College

4

Mount Wachusett Community College
Gardner, MA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in fire prevention & safety technology/technician has to take a look at Mount Wachusett Community College. MWCC is a small public college located in the medium-sized suburb of Gardner.More information about a associate in fire prevention & safety technology/technician from Mount Wachusett Community College

5

Middlesex Community College
Bedford, MA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Bedford, Middlesex Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in fire prevention & safety technology/technician from Middlesex Community College

Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	156	1
New Hampshire	114	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician

One of 6 majors within the Fire Protection area of study, Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Fire Science	24
Fire Services Administration	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.