2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene is the 710th most popular major in the country with 276 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 89 occupational health and industrial hygiene graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 occupational health and industrial hygiene graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in occupational health and industrial hygiene. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$24,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s occupational health and industrial hygiene students in 2019-2020.

U of U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene at U of U

#2

Montana Technological University

Butte, Montana

#2 in overall quality

$19,429 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana Technological University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region. Montana Technological University is located in Butte, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 42 masters’s occupational health and industrial hygiene degrees to qualified students.

Montana Tech also made our “Best Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montana Technological University are $19,429, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Montana Technological University Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Report

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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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