Fire Science & Fire-Fighting
Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Fire Science & Fire-Fighting degree recipients are Orange Beach, AL, Orem, UT, and Monterey Park, CA. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Fire Science & Fire-Fighting degree recipients are Canfield, OH, Bethel, OH, and Choctaw, OK. The most common degree awarded to students studying Fire Science & Fire-Fighting is a certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Fire Science & Fire-Fighting and the types of students that study this field. Columbia Southern University awards the most degrees in Fire Science & Fire-Fighting in the US.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Fire Science & Fire-Fighting programs are Public, 2-year institutions (221 total). N/A
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Fire Science & Fire-Fighting programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Fire Science & Fire-Fighting by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Protective Services graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Protective Services majors is $80,363 and the most common occupations are Police officers, Other managers, and Security guards & gaming surveillance officers.
The industry that employs the most Protective Services majors is N/A, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is N/A.
The average salary for Protective Services majors is $80,363 and the most common occupations are Police officers, Other managers, and Security guards & gaming surveillance officers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Protective Services majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Protective Services majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Protective Services majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Protective Services majors, by number of employees, are Police officers, Other managers, and Security guards & gaming surveillance officers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Protective Services majors working as N/A.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Protective Services majors are N/A.
The number of Protective Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.53%, from 1.21M in 2022 to 1.26M in 2023.
The largest single share of Protective Services graduates go on to work as Police officers (10.7%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Protective Services by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Protective Services majors, by number of employees, are N/A.
The highest paying industries of Protective Services majors, by average wage, are N/A.
The number of Protective Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.53%, from 1.21M in 2022 to 1.26M in 2023.
The industry which employs the most Protective Services graduates by share is N/A, followed by N/A. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Protective Services.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Protective Services majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Protective Services majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Protective Services in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Protective Services is 40.2.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Protective Services. The most common ages of employees with this major are 27 and 31 years old, which represent 3.31% and 3.3% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Fire Science & Fire-Fighting are Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, Associates Degree, and Certificate of less than 1 academic year.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Protective Services are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of N/A recipients in Fire Science & Fire-Fighting.
N/A students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Fire Science & Fire-Fighting field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fire Science & Fire-Fighting majors need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Fire Science & Fire-Fighting majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Operation and Control.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Fire Science & Fire-Fighting majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Maintenance is very distinctive for majors, but the Critical Thinking, Active Listening, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.
