Fire Protection programs in Texas
57 schools in Texas teach this, at certificate or associate level. 13 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $57,318 at Tarrant County College District.
What this work pays in Texas
Managers, All Other in Texas earn a median of $134,390 a year across 61,410 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 Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Firefighters | $60,180 | 28,170 |
| Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary | $65,180 | 12,620 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers | $81,710 | 8,660 |
| Fire Inspectors and Investigators | $82,390 | 1,030 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrant County College District Fort Worth | Associate's degree | — | $57,318 (16 grads) | 8 |
| Blinn College District Brenham | Associate's degree | — | $54,035 (12 grads) | 18 |
| Weatherford College Weatherford | Associate's degree | — | $54,035 (11 grads) | 24 |
| South Texas College McAllen | Associate's degree | — | $50,856 (14 grads) | 13 |
| Navarro College Corsicana | Undergraduate certificate | $5,500 | $49,058 (13 grads) | 38 |
| Austin Community College District Austin | Undergraduate certificate | — | $43,240 (12 grads) | 39 |
| Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont | Undergraduate certificate | — | $42,682 (12 grads) | 28 |
| San Antonio College San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | — | $38,289 (24 grads) | 85 |
| El Paso Community College El Paso | Associate's degree | — | $37,568 (15 grads) | 18 |
| McLennan Community College Waco | Undergraduate certificate | — | $35,416 (22 grads) | 29 |
| Houston City College Houston | Undergraduate certificate | — | $32,772 (35 grads) | 44 |
| San Antonio College San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | $32,563 (26 grads) | 22 |
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena | Undergraduate certificate | — | $25,194 (11 grads) | 9 |
| Amarillo College Amarillo | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| Amarillo College Amarillo | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Austin Community College District Austin | Associate's degree | — | not published | 12 |
| Blinn College District Brenham | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Central Texas College Killeen | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Central Texas College Killeen | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| Cisco College Cisco | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Cisco College Cisco | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| College of the Mainland Texas City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 21 |
| College of the Mainland Texas City | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 57 |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Associate's degree | — | not published | 10 |
| Dallas College Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 36 |
| Dallas College Dallas | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| Del Mar College Corpus Christi | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 57 |
| Del Mar College Corpus Christi | Associate's degree | — | not published | 12 |
| El Paso Community College El Paso | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
| Hill College Hillsboro | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 44 |
| Hill College Hillsboro | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Houston City College Houston | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Kilgore College Kilgore | Associate's degree | — | not published | 13 |
| Lone Star College System The Woodlands | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
| Lone Star College System The Woodlands | Associate's degree | — | not published | 51 |
| Midland College Midland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 10 |
| Midland College Midland | Associate's degree | — | not published | 12 |
| Navarro College Corsicana | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
| North Central Texas College Gainesville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 91 |
| North Central Texas College Gainesville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Odessa College Odessa | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 23 |
| Odessa College Odessa | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Ranger College Ranger | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
| South Plains College Levelland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 27 |
| South Plains College Levelland | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| South Texas College McAllen | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 29 |
| Southwestern Adventist University Keene | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Tarrant County College District Fort Worth | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 60 |
| Trinity Valley Community College Athens | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Trinity Valley Community College Athens | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Tyler Junior College Tyler | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 11 |
| Tyler Junior College Tyler | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Vernon College Vernon | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Victoria College Victoria | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Weatherford College Weatherford | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 28 |
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.