Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene at University of Houston - Clear Lake

If you plan to study occupational health and industrial hygiene, take a look at what University of Houston - Clear Lake has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UH Clear Lake is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 9,053. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in occupational health and industrial hygiene from UH Clear Lake.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene section at the bottom of this page.

UH Clear Lake Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
• Master’s Degree in Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene

UH Clear Lake Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks occupational health and industrial hygiene programs across the country. The following shows how UH Clear Lake performed in these rankings.

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 occupational health and industrial hygiene major at UH Clear Lake is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene. 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 Occupational Health Schools	4
Most Focused Occupational Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular Occupational Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
	6
Best Value Occupational Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Best Occupational Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Occupational Health Schools	7
Best Value Occupational Health Master’s Degree Schools	8
	9
Most Focused Occupational Health Master’s Degree Schools	10
Best Occupational Health Master’s Degree Schools	10
Most Popular Occupational Health Master’s Degree Schools	11
Best Value Occupational Health Schools	13
Best Occupational Health Schools	17
	17

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in occupational health and industrial hygiene from UH Clear Lake. This is the #11 most popular school for occupational health and industrial hygiene master’s degree candidates in the country.

Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Student Demographics at UH Clear Lake

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the occupational health and industrial hygiene majors at University of Houston - Clear Lake.

UH Clear Lake Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a bachelor's degree in occupational health and industrial hygiene from UH Clear Lake. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 61% more racial-ethnic minorities in its occupational health and industrial hygiene bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Houston - Clear Lake with a bachelor's in occupational health and industrial hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UH Clear Lake Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 occupational health and industrial hygiene major earned their master's degree from UH Clear Lake.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Houston - Clear Lake with a master's in occupational health and industrial hygiene.

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

UH Clear Lake also has a doctoral program available in occupational health and industrial hygiene. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Grads May Go Into

A degree in occupational health and industrial hygiene can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for University of Houston - Clear Lake.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	11,870	$75,720
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	2,790	$53,350

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 WhisperToMe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.