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Milton, Pennsylvania has 10 accredited schools offering emergency management programs, with tuition ranging from $8,624 to $65,650 per year for indexed programs. Milton has a population of about 6,582. Median household income is $53,552 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 14.1% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In Pennsylvania, the top-earning emergency management-related role is First-Line Supervisor of Firefighting and Prevention Workers at a median $101,050 annually (BLS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer emergency management programs near Milton, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Milton city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Milton. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
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Source:Accreditor: Middle States Commission on Higher EducationIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Middle States Commission on Higher EducationIPEDSCollege Scorecard
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Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Pennsylvania schools on the Pennsylvania emergency management page.
| Occupation | Median Annual Wage (Pennsylvania, statewide) |
|---|---|
| Emergency Management Director | $81,550 |
| Firefighter | $73,460 |
| Emergency Medical Technician | $43,310 |
| First-Line Supervisor of Firefighting and Prevention Workers | $101,050 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 6,582 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003) |
| Median household income | $53,552 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013) |
| Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+ | 14.1% | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003) |
Our directory has 10 accredited schools offering emergency management programs near Milton. The closest is Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, PA (18.0 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Immaculata University (95.5 miles). 8 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS May 2025 state wage data, the top-paying emergency management-related roles in Pennsylvania are: First-Line Supervisor of Firefighting and Prevention Workers ($101,050), Emergency Management Director ($81,550), Firefighter ($73,460). Wages for Milton workers will track these statewide medians, adjusted for local cost of living.
Sunbury, PA is 10.7 miles from Milton and has its own set of local emergency management programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Milton’s median household income of $53,552 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Milton while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and Pennsylvania public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
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Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Milton:
Data verified: August 11, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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