Industrial Safety Technology at Eastern Kentucky University

If you plan to study industrial safety technology/technician, take a look at what Eastern Kentucky University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and has a total student population of 14,465.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Industrial Safety Technology section at the bottom of this page.

Eastern Industrial Safety Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Safety Tech

Eastern Industrial Safety Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the industrial safety tech progam at Eastern compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The industrial safety tech major at Eastern is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Industrial Safety Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Industrial Safety Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	1
Best Industrial Safety Technology Trade Schools	1
	1
Most Popular Industrial Safety Technology Trade Schools	1
Best Value Industrial Safety Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Industrial Safety Technology Trade Schools	1
	1
Best Value Industrial Safety Technology Schools	5

Industrial Safety Tech Student Demographics at Eastern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the industrial safety tech majors at Eastern Kentucky University.

Eastern Industrial Safety Technology Bachelor’s Program

The industrial safety tech program at Eastern awarded 116 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 82% of these degrees went to men with the other 18% going to women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in industrial safety tech at Eastern are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in industrial safety tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	89
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Eastern also has a doctoral program available in industrial safety tech. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Industrial Safety Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in industrial safety tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for Eastern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	1,580	$66,730

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Alpha 40475 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.