Like the firefighting profession, post-secondary fire science programs are often dominated by men. The average female enrollment in the fire science and forestry programs we reviewed was 10%, but the schools on our list all have significantly higher female-to-male ratios. Whether you're a man or a woman, if you would feel better in a more balanced program any of the schools below would be great options for you. We used the most trusted data from the National Center for Education Statistics to identify the 26 Most Popular Fire Science Degree Programs for Women. In order to be included on the list, at least 20% of the students enrolled in fire science, forestry and similar programs had to be female.
For more information regarding how the colleges and universities were selected, please refer to our methodology page.
| Rank | Name | Fire Science Students | % of Women | Tuition | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 33 | 52% | $8,592 | Madison | Wisconsin |
| 2 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 56 | 48% | $9,746 | Seattle | Washington |
| 3 | University of Florida | 55 | 42% | $4,060 | Gainesville | Florida |
| 4 | Duke University | 110 | 41% | $40,665 | Durham | North Carolina |
| 5 | Metropolitan State University of Denver | 30 | 40% | $3,809 | Denver | Colorado |
| 6 | Yale University | 38 | 39% | $40,500 | New Haven | Connecticut |
| 7 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 136 | 38% | $8,852 | Blacksburg | Virginia |
| 8 | Montgomery College | 56 | 36% | $6,750 | Rockville | Maryland |
| 9 | Northern Arizona University | 60 | 33% | $6,514 | Flagstaff | Arizona |
| 10 | Utica College | 45 | 33% | $29,476 | Utica | New York |
| 11 | University of Maryland-College Park | 30 | 33% | $6,966 | College Park | Maryland |
| 12 | Arkansas Tech University | 84 | 29% | $4,320 | Russellville | Arkansas |
| 13 | Mississippi State University | 53 | 28% | $5,805 | Mississippi State | Mississippi |
| 14 | University of Alaska Fairbanks | 25 | 28% | $5,115 | Fairbanks | Alaska |
| 15 | The University of Montana | 36 | 28% | $4,384 | Missoula | Montana |
| 16 | Stark State College | 34 | 26% | $3,372 | North Canton | Ohio |
| 17 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 89 | 26% | $5,270 | Syracuse | New York |
| 18 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 39 | 26% | $5,153 | Raleigh | North Carolina |
| 19 | American Public University System | 219 | 26% | $6,000 | Charles Town | West Virginia |
| 20 | Oregon State University | 72 | 25% | $6,228 | Corvallis | Oregon |
| 21 | O C Collins Career Center | 28 | 25% | #N/A | Chesapeake | Ohio |
| 22 | University of Maine | 25 | 24% | $8,370 | Orono | Maine |
| 23 | Michigan Technological University | 44 | 20% | $12,615 | Houghton | Michigan |
| 24 | Itasca Community College | 30 | 20% | $4,547 | Grand Rapids | Minnesota |
| 25 | University of Georgia | 66 | 20% | $6,676 | Athens | Georgia |