Fire Science at Idaho State University

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

ISU is located in Pocatello, Idaho and has a total student population of 11,766. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 4 students received their associate's degree in fire science.

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

ISU Fire Science Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Fire Science
• Bachelor’s Degree in Fire Science

Online Classes Are Available at ISU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, ISU does offer online courses in fire science for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

ISU Fire Science Rankings

The fire science major at ISU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Fire Science. 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.

Fire Science Student Demographics at ISU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the fire science majors at Idaho State University.

ISU Fire Science Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of fire science associate's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Idaho State University with a associate's in fire science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

ISU Fire Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 fire science majors earned their bachelor's degree from ISU. Of these graduates, 100% were men and 0% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in fire science at ISU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its fire science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Idaho State University with a bachelor's in fire science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ISU also has a doctoral program available in fire science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Fire Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in fire science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for ID, the home state for Idaho State University.

Occupation	Jobs in ID	Average Salary in ID
Firefighters	1,550	$40,490
Fire Fighting Supervisors	400	$58,070

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 Staplegunther under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.