The University of North Alabama is a public and affordable university in Florence for the furthering of one's education in the heartland. UNA is the state's oldest public university, built in 1830 and occupying a 130-acre campus in the Florence residential area. UNA’s mission is to provide a broad and expansive education for Alabama students.
UNA is a medium sized 4 year college with an acceptance rate of 90%. UNA’s high acceptance rate is followed by a graduation rate of 47%. On the financial side, UNA is usually found to cost about $22,000 without aid but costs just $12,000 with easy to acquire academic scholarships.
The academic requirements of UNA are that students must show a 18 or higher on the American College Test (ACT) or 960 or higher on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). The academic scholarship requirements are an ACT score of 20.
Of the many career paths available, one to consider is a career not requiring the many years of study nor the money for such an education. An interesting and active career one can go into without such an expanded education is that of the firefighter. Firefighting is an eventful career which allows someone to make actual change and help their community.
Though requirements include a period of training, college education is not necessary. The training required to become a firefighter is to become a registered EMT, go to a fire academy and pass a written exam. After all the aforementioned requirements, an applicant must go through a period of personal on site training once selected out of the possible candidates.
Once one gets the job as a firefighter, they can expect to work in 24 hour rotations, on average, working 56 hours a week. The yearly salary averages between 52,000 and 90,000 dollars in Alabama. Firefighting as a career can provide a person an active and fun career, as well as a comfortable life.
Written by William Miller
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