Public Health at Augustana College

Every public health school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public health program at Augustana College stacks up to those at other schools.

Augustana is located in Rock Island, Illinois and approximately 2,389 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 public health majors received their bachelor's degree from Augustana.

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

Augustana Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

Augustana Public Health Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public health progam at Augustana compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 public health major at Augustana is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Health. 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
	281
Most Popular Public Health Schools	405
	468
Best Value Public Health Schools	532

Public Health Student Demographics at Augustana

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public health majors at Augustana College.

Augustana Public Health Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 public health majors earned their bachelor's degree from Augustana. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Augustana since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public health at Augustana are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Augustana College with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Augustana also has a doctoral program available in public health. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health/Medical Prep Programs
• Communication Sciences

Careers That Public Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in public health can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Augustana College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Medical and Health Services Managers	14,050	$121,900
Health Specialties Professors	10,070	$105,140
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,300	$76,390
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,690	$78,640
Community Health Workers	1,270	$42,250

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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.