by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene is the 808th most popular major in the country with 211 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 90 occupational health and industrial hygiene graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in occupational health and industrial hygiene. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in occupational health and industrial hygiene.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana Technological University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major list. Montana Tech is a public institution located in Butte, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 39 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major. Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management is a small school located in Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio that handed out 2 masters’s occupational health and industrial hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major. University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences is a public institution located in San Juan, . The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 2 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 UPR Medical Sciences Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major list. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s occupational health and industrial hygiene degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s occupational health and industrial hygiene degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
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Johns Hopkins University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major ranking. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s occupational health and industrial hygiene students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 Johns Hopkins Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Report
University of Toledo did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major ranking, coming in at #7. This fairly large school is located in Toledo, Ohio, and it awarded 3 masters’s occupational health and industrial hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Toledo Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Report
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major ranking. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 12 masters’s occupational health and industrial hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Read full report on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene at Texas A&M College Station
Oakland University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major ranking. Oakland University is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s occupational health and industrial hygiene degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 more about Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene at Oakland University
University of Houston - Clear Lake ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s occupational health and industrial hygiene degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Read more about Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene at UH Clear Lake
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major list. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Cincinnati, Ohio. It awarded 4 masters’s occupational health and industrial hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
University of Massachusetts - Lowell ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major list. UMass Lowell is located in Lowell, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’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%.
With a ranking of #12, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Major list. UW Seattle is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 0 masters’s occupational health and industrial hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene at UW Seattle
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