Occupational Safety & Health Technology at University of Alaska Anchorage

If you are interested in studying occupational safety & health technology, you may want to check out the program at University of Alaska Anchorage. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and approximately 11,953 students attend the school each year.

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.

UAA Occupational Safety & Health Technology Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in OSHA (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in OSHA
• Bachelor’s Degree in OSHA

Online Classes Are Available at UAA

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UAA does offer online courses in osha for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

UAA Occupational Safety & Health Technology Rankings

The osha major at UAA 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.

OSHA Student Demographics at UAA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the osha majors at University of Alaska Anchorage.

UAA Occupational Safety & Health Technology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of osha associate's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

UAA does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in osha graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alaska Anchorage with a associate's in osha.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UAA Occupational Safety & Health Technology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of osha bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical osha bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% women. So female students are more repesented at UAA since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its osha bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alaska Anchorage with a bachelor's in osha.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 AK, the home state for University of Alaska Anchorage.

Occupation	Jobs in AK	Average Salary in AK
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	490	$86,940

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 Wonderlane under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.