2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Safety & Health Technology in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value OSHA Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in occupational safety and health technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality occupational safety and health technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the occupational safety and health technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value OSHA Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value OSHA Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value OSHA Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Safety & Health Technology in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Central Community College

Grand Island, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$8,235 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 Getting Aid. 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 also took the #2 spot in our “Best Occupational Safety & Health Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Central Community College is $8,235 for Plains States Region Associate Degree OSHA students with aid.

Full Central Community College Occupational Safety & Health Technology Report

#2

Waldorf University

Forest City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$20,036 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Waldorf University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value OSHA Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Forest City, Iowa, this small private for-profit school awarded 37 degrees to qualified associates’s OSHA students in 2019-2020.

Waldorf not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Occupational Safety & Health Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $20,036 for plains states region associate degree osha students with aid per year to attend Waldorf University.

Read full report on Occupational Safety & Health Technology at Waldorf

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Safety & Health Technology (With Aid)

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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