2023 Best Value Colleges for Occupational Safety & Health Technology in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$14,100
Avg Net Price*
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value OSHA Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Occupational Safety & Health Technology is the 243rd most popular major in the country with 3,008 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 83 occupational safety and health technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value OSHA Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in occupational safety and health technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality occupational safety and health technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the occupational safety and health technology/technician program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value OSHA Schools in the Far Western US Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value OSHA Schools in the Far Western US Region.
Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Occupational Safety & Health Technology in the Far Western US Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value OSHA Schools in the Far Western US Region. CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 ’s OSHA degrees to qualified students.
CWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Occupational Safety & Health Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Central Washington University is $16,514 for Far Western US Region OSHA students.
Read full report on Occupational Safety & Health Technology at Central Washington University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value OSHA Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, this fairly large public school handed out 20 degrees to qualified ’s OSHA students in 2020-2021.
UAA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Occupational Safety & Health Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Alaska Anchorage is $11,782 for far western us region osha students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Occupational Safety & Health Technology at UAA
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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