2022 Best Value OSHA Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value OSHA Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Occupational Safety & Health Technology is the 210th most popular major in the country with 3,416 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 363 occupational safety and health technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 43 occupational safety and health technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value OSHA Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in occupational safety and health technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent occupational safety and health technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the occupational safety and health technology/technician program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value OSHA Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value OSHA Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree osha students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Safety & Health Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Central Community College

Grand Island, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$6,332 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value OSHA Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Central Community College is a medium-sized school located in Grand Island, Nebraska that handed out 1 associates’s OSHA degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Occupational Safety & Health Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Central Community College is $6,332 for Plains States Region Associate Degree OSHA students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Occupational Safety & Health Technology at Central Community College

#2

Waldorf University

Forest City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$19,719 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Waldorf University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value OSHA Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Waldorf University is a private for-profit institution located in Forest City, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 37 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Waldorf also took the #1 spot in our “Best Occupational Safety & Health Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Waldorf is $19,719 for Plains States Region Associate Degree OSHA students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Occupational Safety & Health Technology at Waldorf University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Safety & Health Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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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