Issues of occupational and environmental health weave through our daily lives. They can surface as hazards in our place of work or affect our personal health through environmental pollution, or injuries, or exposure to toxic agents. Graduate studies in occupational and environmental health will equip you to make an impact on the health of individuals, groups, or populations.
Our degree programs, whether the master of science (MS), doctorate (PhD), or master of public health (MPH), combine academic training and field research to prepare you for career success. Along with our degree programs in Occupational & Environmental Health, Industrial Hygiene and Agricultural Safety and Health. We also offer focus areas in Ergonomics, Occupational Injury Prevention, Occupational Epidemiology, and Toxicology.
We will help you design a program of graduate education that fits your interests and professional goals and provide you with
- tuition and living expenses – about 90% of our students receive financial support
- exciting research opportunities that reflect contemporary public health issues
- an excellent student/faculty ratio
You will graduate with skills that are in demand in the job market. Our graduates have gone on to work for corporations such as BP, Eastman Kodak, Xerox and Eli Lilly and for government agencies like the CDC, NIOSH, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Graduates with doctoral degrees are now professors in large universities across the country.
