2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Safety & Health Technology in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 3,008 people earned their degree in occupational safety and health technology/technician, making the major the 243rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,814 occupational safety and health technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 376 occupational safety and health technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in occupational safety and health technology/technician. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their occupational safety and health technology/technician program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Safety & Health Technology in the Southeast Region

1

Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia Southern University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Orange Beach, Alabama, and it awarded 364 associates’s OSHA degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Columbia Southern University Occupational Safety & Health Technology Report

2

Fairmont State University
Fairmont, West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairmont State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Southeast Region list. Fairmont State University is a public institution located in Fairmont, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Occupational Safety & Health Technology at Fairmont State University

3

Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, North Carolina

Top 20% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Piedmont Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s OSHA degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Occupational Safety & Health Technology at Central Piedmont Community College

4

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Asheville, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Southeast Region. Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College is a medium-sized school located in Asheville, North Carolina that handed out 1 associates’s OSHA degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Occupational Safety & Health Technology at A-B Tech

5

Blue Ridge Community and Technical College
Martinsburg, West Virginia

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Blue Ridge Community and Technical College landed the #5 spot on the list. Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is a public institution located in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Occupational Safety & Health Technology at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Safety & Health Technology

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

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Gina Collecchia.