2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 233 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 40 occupational safety and health technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in occupational safety and health technology/technician. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in occupational safety and health technology/technician.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree osha students.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Safety & Health Technology in the Plains States Region

1

Waldorf University
Forest City, Iowa

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Waldorf University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Forest City, Iowa, and it awarded 35 associates’s OSHA degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Occupational Safety & Health Technology at Waldorf

2

Barton County Community College
Great Bend, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Barton County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Great Bend, Kansas, this small public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s OSHA students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Occupational Safety & Health Technology at Barton Community College

3

Three Rivers College
Poplar Bluff, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Three Rivers College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Plains States Region list. Three Rivers College is located in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s OSHA degrees to qualified students.

Full Three Rivers College Occupational Safety & Health Technology Report

4

Central Community College
Grand Island, Nebraska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Plains States Region. This medium-sized school is located in Grand Island, Nebraska, and it awarded 6 associates’s OSHA degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Occupational Safety & Health Technology at Central Community 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.