2025 Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

3 Colleges in the Southwest Region

98 Associate Degrees

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.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of fire prevention & safety technology/technician. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 98 associate degrees in fire prevention & safety technology/technician during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Best Associate Degree Schools List

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

The fire prevention and safety technology/technician associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

Major Focus - How much a school focuses on fire prevention & safety technology/technician students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of fire prevention & safety technology/technician students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized fire prevention & safety technology/technician related body.

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

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The fire prevention and safety technology/technician school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Fire Prevention & Safety Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region.