Occupational Safety and Health Technology Technician

A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in maintaining job-related health and safety standards. Includes instruction in safety engineering principles, inspection and monitoring procedures, testing and sampling procedures, laboratory techniques, applications to specific work environments, and report preparation.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 58 institutions across the United States, with a total of 8369 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

200

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

520

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

1,336

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

634

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

5,639

awards given

Top Schools for Occupational Safety and Health Technology Technician

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Columbia Southern University Orange Beach, AL	3,779
2	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA	528
3	Waldorf University Forest City, IA	382
4	Keene State College Keene, NH	246
5	University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO	234
6	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana, PA	231
7	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide Daytona Beach, FL	231
8	Southeastern Oklahoma State University Durant, OK	192
9	Murray State University Murray, KY	192
10	Lee College Baytown, TX	181
11	Odessa College Odessa, TX	179
12	Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont, TX	155
13	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	138
14	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater, WI	117
15	Jacksonville State University Jacksonville, AL	90
16	Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA	84
17	Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN	75
18	Brazosport College Lake Jackson, TX	73
19	Texas State Technical College Waco, TX	72
20	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	66
21	Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA	66
22	Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland, KY	64
23	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL	60
24	Fairmont State University Fairmont, WV	57
25	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	54
26	Nicholls State University Thibodaux, LA	54
27	Del Mar College Corpus Christi, TX	51
28	Central Community College Grand Island, NE	48
29	Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville, KY	48
30	Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, PA	48
31	University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage, AK	46
32	Marshall University Huntington, WV	45
33	San Juan College Farmington, NM	42
34	Barton County Community College Great Bend, KS	42
35	Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Asheville, NC	41
36	University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI	36
37	Honolulu Community College Honolulu, HI	34
38	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	24
39	Tarrant County College District Fort Worth, TX	22
40	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	21
41	Carl Albert State College Poteau, OK	21
42	College of the Mainland Texas City, TX	21
43	Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS	21
44	Trinidad State College Trinidad, CO	20
45	Edmonds College Lynnwood, WA	18
46	San Jacinto Community College Pasadena, TX	18
47	Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, NC	16
48	Kilgore College Kilgore, TX	15
49	University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN	12
50	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	10
51	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	9
52	Pierce College District Lakewood, WA	9
53	Iowa State University Ames, IA	6
54	Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO	6
55	Thiel College Greenville, PA	6
56	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	6
57	Columbus State Community College Columbus, OH	4
58	Columbia Basin College Pasco, WA	3