OEHS Schools

Free STEM College Tuition Through Education and Research Centers

If you want to pursue a STEM college education for free, look no further than NIOSH Education and Research Centers (ERCs)! To help the U.S. meet its demand for trained OEHS professionals, the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health offers free tuition for bachelor’s and master’s programs at select colleges and universities across the U.S.

Learn more about the ERCs through the links below, and visit the NIOSH website for the latest details.

• University of Alabama at Birmingham

• University of California, Berkeley

• University of California, Los Angeles

• University of Cincinnati

• University of Colorado, Dever

• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

• University of Illinois at Chicago

• University of Iowa

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• University of Kentucky

• University of Michigan

• University of Minnesota

• Mount Sinai School of Medicine

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• University of South Florida

• University of Texas Health and Science Center at Houston

• University of Utah

• University of Washington

ABET-Accredited IH Programs

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization that accredits college and university programs in the disciplines of applied science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology. ABET accredits over 3,100 programs at more than 660 colleges and universities in 23 countries. ABET provides specialized, programmatic accreditation that evaluates an individual program of study, rather than evaluating an institution as a whole.

ABET accreditation, which is voluntary and achieved through a peer review process, provides assurance that a college or university program meets the quality standards established by the profession for which the program prepares its students.

ABET is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

ABET-Accredited Masters Level Industrial Hygiene Programs

• Air Force Institute of Technology

• Colorado State University

• CUNY SPH Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy

• Johns Hopkins University

• Montana Technological University

• Purdue University

• Tulane University

• Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences

• University of Arizona

• University of Central Missouri

• University of Cincinnati

• University of Illinois at Chicago

• University of Iowa

• University of Michigan

• University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

• University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

• University of South Florida

• University of Texas at Houston

• University of Toledo

• University of Utah

• West Virginia University

ABET-Accredited Bachelors Level Industrial Hygiene Programs

• Purdue University

• University of Houston-Clear Lake

• University of North Alabama

• Utah State University

Board of Certified Safety Professionals Academic Database

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Other Institutions of Education

• NIOSH Extramural Workforce Development: Training Project Grants (TPGs)