Fire Protection programs in California
127 schools in California teach this, at certificate or associate level. 1 of them reports what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $54,035 at Santa Ana College.
What this work pays in California
Managers, All Other in California earn a median of $174,560 a year across 99,580 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in California |
|---|---|---|
| Firefighters | $85,120 | 31,470 |
| Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary | $76,630 | 11,040 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers | $127,630 | 8,170 |
| Fire Inspectors and Investigators | $99,230 | 1,350 |
| Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists | $97,370 | 480 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Ana College Santa Ana | Associate's degree | — | $54,035 (18 grads) | 67 |
| Mt San Antonio College Walnut | Associate's degree | — | not published | 77 |
| Santa Ana College Santa Ana | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 311 |
| Allan Hancock College Santa Maria | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 63 |
| Allan Hancock College Santa Maria | Associate's degree | — | not published | 35 |
| American River College Sacramento | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 13 |
| American River College Sacramento | Associate's degree | — | not published | 24 |
| Antelope Valley Community College District Lancaster | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Antelope Valley Community College District Lancaster | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Bakersfield College Bakersfield | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 13 |
| Bakersfield College Bakersfield | Associate's degree | — | not published | 36 |
| Butte College Oroville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 85 |
| Butte College Oroville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 18 |
| Cabrillo College Aptos | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Cabrillo College Aptos | Associate's degree | — | not published | 37 |
| Chabot College Hayward | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 9 |
| Chabot College Hayward | Associate's degree | — | not published | 10 |
| Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 14 |
| Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga | Associate's degree | — | not published | 31 |
| City College of San Francisco San Francisco | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 73 |
| City College of San Francisco San Francisco | Associate's degree | — | not published | 20 |
| Clovis Community College Fresno | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| College of San Mateo San Mateo | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| College of San Mateo San Mateo | Associate's degree | — | not published | 14 |
| College of the Canyons Santa Clarita | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 18 |
| College of the Canyons Santa Clarita | Associate's degree | — | not published | 28 |
| College of the Desert Palm Desert | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| College of the Desert Palm Desert | Associate's degree | — | not published | 13 |
| College of the Sequoias Visalia | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| College of the Sequoias Visalia | Associate's degree | — | not published | 12 |
| College of the Siskiyous Weed | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 23 |
| College of the Siskiyous Weed | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Columbia College Sonora | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 24 |
| Columbia College Sonora | Associate's degree | — | not published | 18 |
| Compton College Compton | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Copper Mountain Community College Joshua Tree | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Copper Mountain Community College Joshua Tree | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Cosumnes River College Sacramento | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Cosumnes River College Sacramento | Associate's degree | — | not published | 9 |
| Crafton Hills College Yucaipa | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 56 |
| Crafton Hills College Yucaipa | Associate's degree | — | not published | 24 |
| Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| East Los Angeles College Monterey Park | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 129 |
| East Los Angeles College Monterey Park | Associate's degree | — | not published | 20 |
| El Camino Community College District Torrance | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 47 |
| El Camino Community College District Torrance | Associate's degree | — | not published | 38 |
| Folsom Lake College Folsom | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Folsom Lake College Folsom | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Fresno City College Fresno | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 61 |
| Fresno City College Fresno | Associate's degree | — | not published | 18 |
| Gavilan College Gilroy | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Glendale Community College Glendale | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
| Glendale Community College Glendale | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Imperial Valley College Imperial | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| Imperial Valley College Imperial | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Lake Tahoe Community College South Lake Tahoe | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 25 |
| Lake Tahoe Community College South Lake Tahoe | Associate's degree | — | not published | 12 |
| Las Positas College Livermore | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 20 |
| Las Positas College Livermore | Associate's degree | — | not published | 25 |
| Lassen Community College Susanville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 9 |
| Lassen Community College Susanville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Long Beach City College Long Beach | Associate's degree | — | not published | 56 |
| Los Angeles Harbor College Wilmington | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Los Angeles Harbor College Wilmington | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen | Associate's degree | — | not published | 12 |
| Los Medanos College Pittsburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 29 |
| Los Medanos College Pittsburg | Associate's degree | — | not published | 30 |
| Mendocino College Ukiah | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Merced College Merced | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Merced College Merced | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Merritt College Oakland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Merritt College Oakland | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
| Mission College Santa Clara | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Mission College Santa Clara | Associate's degree | — | not published | 40 |
| Modesto Junior College Modesto | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 35 |
| Modesto Junior College Modesto | Associate's degree | — | not published | 22 |
| Monterey Peninsula College Monterey | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Monterey Peninsula College Monterey | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Moreno Valley College Moreno Valley | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 115 |
| Moreno Valley College Moreno Valley | Associate's degree | — | not published | 51 |
| Mt San Antonio College Walnut | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 47 |
| Mt San Jacinto Community College District San Jacinto | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Mt San Jacinto Community College District San Jacinto | Associate's degree | — | not published | 17 |
| Oxnard College Oxnard | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 106 |
| Oxnard College Oxnard | Associate's degree | — | not published | 51 |
| Palo Verde College Blythe | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Palomar College San Marcos | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 142 |
| Palomar College San Marcos | Associate's degree | — | not published | 51 |
| Pasadena City College Pasadena | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Pasadena City College Pasadena | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Porterville College Porterville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Reedley College Reedley | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 13 |
| Reedley College Reedley | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Rio Hondo College Whittier | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 146 |
| Rio Hondo College Whittier | Associate's degree | — | not published | 82 |
| Riverside City College Riverside | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Riverside City College Riverside | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| San Bernardino Valley College San Bernardino | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| San Bernardino Valley College San Bernardino | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| San Diego City College San Diego | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| San Diego Mesa College San Diego | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| San Diego Mesa College San Diego | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| San Diego Miramar College San Diego | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 9 |
| San Diego Miramar College San Diego | Associate's degree | — | not published | 28 |
| San Joaquin Delta College Stockton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| San Joaquin Delta College Stockton | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 79 |
| Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa | Associate's degree | — | not published | 31 |
| Santiago Canyon College Orange | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Santiago Canyon College Orange | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Shasta College Redding | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 155 |
| Shasta College Redding | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Sierra College Rocklin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 124 |
| Sierra College Rocklin | Associate's degree | — | not published | 58 |
| Solano Community College Fairfield | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Solano Community College Fairfield | Associate's degree | — | not published | 20 |
| Southwestern College Chula Vista | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 15 |
| Southwestern College Chula Vista | Associate's degree | — | not published | 18 |
| Victor Valley College Victorville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 401 |
| Victor Valley College Victorville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 20 |
| West Los Angeles College Culver City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| West Los Angeles College Culver City | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| West Valley College Saratoga | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Yuba College Marysville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 42 |
| Yuba College Marysville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 11 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
Email me when these figures change
The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Fire Protection — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.