2022 Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 occupational health and industrial hygiene graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in occupational health and industrial hygiene. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality occupational health and industrial hygiene programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the occupational health and industrial hygiene program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Southwest Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s occupational health and industrial hygiene degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree occupational health and industrial hygiene students list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743.

Read full report on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene at Texas A&M College Station

#2

University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$22,122 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center is a public institution located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree occupational health and industrial hygiene students list, UOHSC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UOHSC are $22,122, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene at UOHSC

#3

University of Houston - Clear Lake

Houston, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$19,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Houston - Clear Lake is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Clear Lake, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston - Clear Lake are $19,216.

Read full report on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene at UH Clear Lake

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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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