by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Occupational Safety & Health Technology is the 243rd most popular major in the country with 3,008 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 570 occupational safety and health technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major” ranking, we looked at 16 colleges that offer a degree 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia Southern University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major. Columbia Southern University is located in Orange Beach, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 384 masters’s OSHA degrees to qualified students.
Full Columbia Southern University Occupational Safety & Health Technology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Murray State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major. Murray State University is a public institution located in Murray, Kentucky. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 28 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Occupational Safety & Health Technology at Murray State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Keene State College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major list. This small school is located in Keene, New Hampshire, and it awarded 9 masters’s OSHA degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Keene State Occupational Safety & Health Technology Report
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 24 diplomas to qualified masters’s OSHA students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major list. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Daytona Beach, Florida. It awarded 36 masters’s OSHA degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Occupational Safety & Health Technology at Embry-Riddle Worldwide
University of Central Missouri did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major ranking, coming in at #6. Warrensburg, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s OSHA degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Occupational Safety & Health Technology at UCM
With a ranking of #7, Indiana State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major list. Indiana State is a medium-sized school located in Terre Haute, Indiana that handed out 13 masters’s OSHA degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Indiana State Occupational Safety & Health Technology Report
University of Wisconsin - Stout landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major ranking. UW - Stout is located in Menomonie, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s OSHA degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Occupational Safety & Health Technology at University of Wisconsin - Stout
University of Minnesota - Duluth landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Duluth, Minnesota, and it awarded 10 masters’s OSHA degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Occupational Safety & Health Technology at University of Minnesota - Duluth
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major ranking. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s OSHA degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
With a ranking of #11, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major list. This medium-sized school is located in Daytona Beach, Florida, and it awarded 3 masters’s OSHA degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Marshall University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major ranking. Located in Huntington, West Virginia, this fairly large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s OSHA students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Occupational Safety & Health Technology at Marshall University
East Carolina University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major ranking, coming in at #13. ECU is a large school located in Greenville, North Carolina that handed out 7 masters’s OSHA degrees in 2020-2021.
Anna Maria College came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major ranking. Located in Paxton, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s OSHA students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Occupational Safety & Health Technology at Anna Maria
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major ranking. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Central Washington University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major ranking. Central Washington University is a fairly large school located in Ellensburg, Washington that handed out 32 masters’s OSHA degrees in 2020-2021.
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