2022 Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

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 Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 276 people earned their degree in occupational health and industrial hygiene, making the major the 710th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 102 occupational health and industrial hygiene graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 occupational health and industrial hygiene graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent occupational health and industrial hygiene programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the occupational health and industrial hygiene program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$22,122 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s occupational health and industrial hygiene degrees in 2019-2020.

UOHSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UOHSC are $22,122.

Read full report on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene at University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene

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

• *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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