Occupational Safety & Health Technology at Grand Valley State University

If you are interested in studying occupational safety and health technology/technician, you may want to check out the program at Grand Valley State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and has a total student population of 23,350.

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

GVSU Occupational Safety & Health Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in OSHA

GVSU Occupational Safety & Health Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the OSHA progam at GVSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The OSHA major at GVSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Occupational Safety & Health 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
Best Occupational Safety Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	12
Best Occupational Safety Technology Trade Schools	12
Best Value Occupational Safety Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
	14
Most Popular Occupational Safety Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	15
	16
Most Focused Occupational Safety Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	19
Most Popular Occupational Safety Technology Trade Schools	21
Best Value Occupational Safety Technology Schools	22
Most Focused Occupational Safety Technology Trade Schools	36

OSHA Student Demographics at GVSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the OSHA majors at Grand Valley State University.

GVSU Occupational Safety & Health Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 23 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety & Health Technology from GVSU in 2020-2021, 65% were men and 35% were women. The typical OSHA bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at GVSU since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in OSHA at GVSU 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 Grand Valley State University with a bachelor's in OSHA.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GVSU also has a doctoral program available in OSHA. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That OSHA Grads May Go Into

A degree in OSHA can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,250	$70,910

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 Demhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.