by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 481 occupational safety and health technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 7 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree osha students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia Southern University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Southeast Region list. 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
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Murray State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Murray, Kentucky, and it awarded 28 masters’s OSHA degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Occupational Safety & Health Technology at Murray State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Southeast Region. Daytona Beach, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s OSHA degrees to 36 students 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
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 19 masters’s OSHA degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s OSHA students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Marshall University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Southeast Region list. Marshall University is a public institution located in Huntington, West Virginia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Occupational Safety & Health Technology at Marshall University
East Carolina University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OSHA Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Greenville, North Carolina, and it awarded 7 masters’s OSHA degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Occupational Safety & Health Technology at ECU
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