2023 Best Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene is the 808th most popular major in the country with 211 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 79 occupational health and industrial hygiene graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in occupational health and industrial hygiene. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality occupational health and industrial hygiene programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the occupational health and industrial hygiene program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

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Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, Texas

5 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M 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.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree vets studying occupational health and industrial hygiene list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Among the 70,418 students enrolled at Texas A&M College Station, 5 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,925. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

102 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$8,853 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene for a Master’s. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s occupational health and industrial hygiene students in 2020-2021.

UOHSC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 102 of the 3,116 students enrolled at University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center were GI Bill® students, of which 39 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,853. During this same period, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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

Footnotes

• *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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