Public Health at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

What traits are you looking for in a public health school? To help you decide if Colorado State University - Fort Collins is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public health program.

Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and approximately 32,428 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,528 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University - Fort Collins in 2021, 9 of them were public health majors.

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.

Colorado State Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health
• Master’s Degree in Public Health
• Doctorate Degree in Public Health

Online Classes Are Available at Colorado State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Colorado State offers distance education options for public health at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Colorado State Public Health Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public health major at Colorado State 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
Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	286
Most Popular Public Health Schools	391

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in public health from Colorado State. This makes it the #332 most popular school for public health master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in public health, making the school the #78 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Public Health Graduates from Colorado State Make?

The median salary of public health students who receive their bachelor's degree at Colorado State is $47,766. This is 48% higher than $32,238, which is the national average for all public health bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Health Student Demographics at Colorado State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public health majors at Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Colorado State Public Health Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 public health students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Colorado State, about 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 Colorado State since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public health at Colorado State 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 Colorado State University - Fort Collins with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Colorado State Public Health Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who graduated with a master’s in public health from Colorado State in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

Of the students who received a public health master's degree from Colorado State, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Colorado State University - Fort Collins with a master's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Colorado State also has a doctoral program available in public health. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

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 CO, the home state for Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Health Specialties Professors	5,810	$144,880
Medical and Health Services Managers	5,460	$118,540
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,930	$93,010
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,120	$86,390
Physicists	930	$106,490

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 Spilly816 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.