Fire Protection programs in Tennessee

4 schools in Tennessee teach this, at certificate or associate level. 1 of them reports what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $63,005 at Volunteer State Community College.

What this work pays in Tennessee

Managers, All Other in Tennessee earn a median of $99,430 a year across 17,510 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 Tennessee
Firefighters	$49,300	7,020
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$77,920	2,210
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$62,310	2,140
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	$63,400	390

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

School	Credential	Median debt	Graduate earnings, 2 yrs	Graduates
Volunteer State Community College Gallatin	Associate's degree	—	$63,005 (12 grads)	34
Chattanooga State Community College Chattanooga	Associate's degree	—	not published	2
Volunteer State Community College Gallatin	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	34
Walters State Community College Morristown	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.