2022 Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene is the 710th most popular major in the country with 276 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 102 occupational health and industrial hygiene graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 occupational health and industrial hygiene graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in occupational health and industrial hygiene. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent occupational health and industrial hygiene programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the occupational health and industrial hygiene program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 9 masters’s occupational health and industrial hygiene degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene at Texas A&M University - College Station

#2

University of Houston - Clear Lake

Houston, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$19,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #2 spot on the list. UH Clear Lake is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 1 masters’s occupational health and industrial hygiene degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Clear Lake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston - Clear Lake are $19,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene at University of Houston - Clear Lake

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene (Income $30-$48k)

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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