Fire Protection at California State University - Los Angeles

Every fire protection school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the fire protection program at California State University - Los Angeles stacks up to those at other schools.

Cal State LA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 26,745 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Fire Protection section at the bottom of this page.

Cal State LA Fire Protection Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fire Protection

Cal State LA Fire Protection Rankings

The fire protection major at Cal State LA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Fire Protection. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Earnings of Cal State LA Fire Protection Graduates

The median salary of fire protection students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal State LA is $43,069. This is less than $73,459, which is the national average of all fire protection majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Fire Protection Student Demographics at Cal State LA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the fire protection majors at California State University - Los Angeles.

Cal State LA Fire Protection Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students earned a bachelor's degree in fire protection from Cal State LA. About 9% of these graduates were women and the other 91% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 57% more racial-ethnic minorities in its fire protection bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in fire protection.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Cal State LA also has a doctoral program available in fire protection. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Fire Protection

If you plan to be a fire protection major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Los Angeles. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

Related Majors

Careers That Fire Protection Grads May Go Into

A degree in fire protection can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Los Angeles.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Firefighters	32,910	$81,580
Fire Fighting Supervisors	2,880	$134,870
Fire Inspectors	700	$103,830
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists	340	$82,000

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Justefrain under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.