2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene is the 808th most popular major in the country with 211 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 occupational health and industrial hygiene graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in occupational health and industrial hygiene. That schools that top this list have a program in occupational health and industrial hygiene in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major”.
Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major list. UOHSC is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s occupational health and industrial hygiene degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene at UOHSC
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s occupational health and industrial hygiene students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #3 spot on the list. UMass Lowell is located in Lowell, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 doctorate’s occupational health and industrial hygiene degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
Full UMass Lowell Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 doctorate’s occupational health and industrial hygiene degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene at UW Seattle
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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