Fire Science at University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus

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 University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

UNM Los Alamos is located in Los Alamos, New Mexico and has a total student population of 929. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 2 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.

UNM Los Alamos Fire Science Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Fire Science

UNM Los Alamos Fire Science Rankings

Fire Science Student Demographics at UNM Los Alamos

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the fire science majors at University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus.

UNM Los Alamos Fire Science Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of fire science associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

UNM Los Alamos does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in fire science graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus with a associate's in fire science.

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

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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Firefighters	2,400	$36,590
Fire Fighting Supervisors	870	$59,360
Fire Inspectors	30	$52,010

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.