2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for OSHA for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$22,300
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for OSHA for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 3,008 people earned their degree in occupational safety and health technology/technician, making the major the 243rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 114 occupational safety and health technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 88 occupational safety and health technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for OSHA for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 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 offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the occupational safety and health technology/technician program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for OSHA for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying osha.
Top 3 Best Occupational Safety & Health Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for OSHA for a Bachelor’s list. Whitewater, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s OSHA degrees to 44 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Whitewater, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Occupational Safety & Health Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 11,989 students enrolled at UW - Whitewater, 383 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 181 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,342. In addition to receiving other benefits, 7 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UW - Whitewater does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Valley State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for OSHA for a Bachelor’s. Allendale, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s OSHA degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
GVSU also made our “Best Occupational Safety & Health Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3.Among the 23,350 students enrolled at Grand Valley State University, 479 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 198 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,686. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for OSHA for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Terre Haute, Indiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s OSHA students in 2020-2021.
Indiana State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Occupational Safety & Health Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Of the 10,829 students enrolled at Indiana State, 394 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 217 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,688. On top of their other funding sources, 6 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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