California Gets Its First Public Bachelor's Degree in Emergency Management, for Under $10,000

California Gets Its First Public Bachelor's Degree in Emergency Management, for Under $10,00006/01/2026 11:03:50 AMMoreno Valley College Collage of emergency management-related photos next to program title text

Collage of emergency management-related photos next to program title text

When wildfires swept through communities across the state and public health systems were pushed to their limits, emergency managers were the people making life-or-death decisions. Now, for the first time in California's public higher education system, there is a bachelor's degree built specifically to prepare them, and it lives at Moreno Valley College.

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