Fire Protection programs in Ohio
37 schools in Ohio teach this, at certificate or associate level. 2 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $38,829 at Mahoning County Career and Technical Center.
What this work pays in Ohio
Firefighters in Ohio earn a median of $59,370 a year across 18,100 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 Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| Managers, All Other | $129,940 | 7,360 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers | $84,490 | 3,960 |
| Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary | $60,600 | 3,440 |
| Fire Inspectors and Investigators | $59,280 | 520 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahoning County Career and Technical Center Canfield | Undergraduate certificate | — | $38,829 (25 grads) | 70 |
| Great Oaks Career Campuses Cincinnati | Undergraduate certificate | $3,808 | $38,289 (11 grads) | 35 |
| Butler Technology and Career Development Schools Monroe | Undergraduate certificate | $6,607 | not published | 23 |
| Sinclair Community College Dayton | Undergraduate certificate | $5,500 | not published | 152 |
| Apollo Career Center Lima | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 72 |
| Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus Jefferson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 13 |
| Auburn Career Center Concord Twp | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 23 |
| Belmont College St Clairsville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Brown & Clermont Adult Career Campuses Bethel | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 20 |
| Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking County Newark | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 22 |
| Central Ohio Technical College Newark | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Cincinnati | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 11 |
| Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Cincinnati | Associate's degree | — | not published | 11 |
| Clark State College Springfield | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 223 |
| Collins Career Technical Center Chesapeake | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Columbus State Community College Columbus | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 72 |
| Columbus State Community College Columbus | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Cuyahoga Community College District Cleveland | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| EHOVE Career Center Milan | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 13 |
| Four County Career Center Archbold | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 24 |
| Hocking College Nelsonville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Hocking College Nelsonville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Knox County Career Center Mount Vernon | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 51 |
| Lakeland Community College Kirtland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Lakeland Community College Kirtland | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Lorain County Community College Elyria | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Mid-EastCTC-Adult Education Zanesville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 22 |
| Owens Community College Perrysburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 71 |
| Pike County Joint Vocational School District Piketon | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 11 |
| Sinclair Community College Dayton | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Stark State College North Canton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Stark State College North Canton | Associate's degree | — | not published | 9 |
| University of Akron Main Campus Akron | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Vantage Career Center Van Wert | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| Warren County Career Center Lebanon | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| Zane State College Zanesville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
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.