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What can you do with a
Fire Protection degree?

Fire Protection is modest-paying, AI barely touches it, and you would have escape routes.

Is this major worth the money?

Real graduate earnings vs. the debt you'd carry — and how long it takes to pay off.
2.7 yrs
to pay back the degree
+$36k
earnings premium vs no degree
Median earnings
$81,304
Typical debt
$23,469
4-yr net cost
$53,272
Monthly loan payment
$267/mo
If you earn:

Where this major actually leads

2 careers it opens — bar color = AI risk, tag = how hard the path is.
Regulatory Affairs Managerscommon
AI risk 7 → 56 future · +4.5% demand
$145,000
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondarystretch
AI risk 16 → 49 future · +0.7% demand
$66,950
● green = AI-safe · red = AI-exposed · click any career for the full breakdown
How this is built. We take every career this major leads to (CIP→SOC official crosswalk), then join each one's real salary (BLS/DOL), AI exposure (O*NET + model), demand growth, and skill-based escape routes. ROI from College Scorecard. Every figure here is joined from official sources, not estimated.