Quality Control & Safety Technologies

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Median In-State​
Public Tuition
$6,450
growing 0.467%
Median Out-of-State​
Private Tuition
$27,242
growing 9.41%

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In 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Quality Control & Safety Technologies degree recipients are Orange Beach, AL, Slippery Rock University, PA, and Forest City, IA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Quality Control & Safety Technologies is a bachelors degree.

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Quality Control & Safety Technologies and the types of students that study this field. Columbia Southern University awards the most degrees in Quality Control & Safety Technologies in the US, but Ocean Corporation (227298) and Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology (207254) have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Quality Control & Safety Technologies.

Tuition costs for Quality Control & Safety Technologies majors are, on average, $6,450 for in-state public colleges, and $27,242 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Quality Control & Safety Technologies programs are false institutions (N/A total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (1,526 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Quality Control & Safety Technologies (2022)
  1. 1,247 degrees awarded
  2. 157 degrees awarded
  3. 141 degrees awarded

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Quality Control & Safety Technologies, is Public, 4-year or above (1,526 completions in 2022).

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$6,450
Median In-State Public
$27,242
Median Out of State Private

Columbia Southern University has the most Quality Control & Safety Technologies degree recipients, with 1,247 degrees awarded in 2022.

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Specialized Colleges

Out of all institutions that offer Quality Control & Safety Technologies programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Ocean Corporation (227298) has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Quality Control & Safety Technologies, with 40.9%.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Quality Control & Safety Technologies
  1. 1,247 degrees awarded
  2. 204 degrees awarded
  3. 157 degrees awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Quality Control & Safety Technologies by year.

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Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded
  1. 1k%
  2. 500%
  3. 400%

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Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in in the United States.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in (2,229 students).

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Quality Control & Safety Technologies are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and Masters Degree.

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Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Male (74.4%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity
  1. White
    2,229 degrees awarded
  2. Hispanic or Latino
    440 degrees awarded
  3. Unknown
    389 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Quality Control & Safety Technologies for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination
  1. White Male
    860 degrees awarded
  2. White Female
    222 degrees awarded
  3. Unknown Male
    160 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Quality Control & Safety Technologies.

White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Quality Control & Safety Technologies field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quality Control & Safety Technologies majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Quality Control & Safety Technologies majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Equipment Selection.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Quality Control & Safety Technologies majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Maintenance is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, and Quality Control Analysis are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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