Those considering industrial safety technology, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of industrial safety technology, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Sorted by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Engineering Technologies/Technicians | 1 | 113 |
| Engineering/Industrial Management | 1 | 7,766 |
| Environmental Health | 1 | 1,269 |
| Environmental Toxicology | 1 | 78 |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians, Other | 1 | 1,904 |
| Industrial Technology/Technician | 1 | 3,881 |
| Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician | 1 | 4,498 |
| Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene | 1 | 313 |
| Packaging Science | 1 | 391 |
| Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality | 1 | 121 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician | 3,147 |
| Quality Control Technology/Technician | 422 |
| Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians, Other | 111 |
As a more focused area within Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians, industrial safety technology sits alongside related programs in that field.
More about our data sources and methodologies.