Undergraduate certificate · Bradenton, Florida
Is Fire Protection at Manatee Technical College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Earnings are reported, but there isn't enough cost data to estimate payback.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $56,846
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $23k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in FL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 84%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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The school doesn't report a net price for this income band.
No cost figure is reported, so payback and net return can't be computed.
Other majors at Manatee Technical College
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- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (Undergraduate certificate)$58,062
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (Undergraduate certificate)$53,177
- Precision Metal Working (Undergraduate certificate)$46,581
- Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians (Undergraduate certificate)$45,056
- Electrical and Power Transmission Installers (Undergraduate certificate)$41,832
- Graphic Communications (Undergraduate certificate)$37,276
- Dental Support Services and Allied Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$35,280
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Undergraduate certificate)$34,972
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services (Undergraduate certificate)$31,648
Fire Protection at other schools in Florida
- Florida State College at Jacksonville$72,823
- St Petersburg College$69,864
- Hillsborough College$69,090
- Palm Beach State College$66,689
- First Coast Technical College$66,303
- Indian River State College$62,176
- Daytona State College$61,737
- Marion Technical College$58,401
- Eastern Florida State College$55,414
- Lake Technical College$48,176