General Public Health at Dartmouth College

If you plan to study general public health, take a look at what Dartmouth College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Dartmouth is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 6,292.

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

Dartmouth General Public Health Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in General Public Health

Dartmouth General Public Health Rankings

General Public Health Student Demographics at Dartmouth

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

Dartmouth General Public Health Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of general public health master's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in general public health each year. Dartmouth does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a general public health master's degree from Dartmouth, 51% 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 Dartmouth College with a master's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	44
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Related Majors

Careers That General Public Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 NH, the home state for Dartmouth College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,910	$113,210
Health Specialties Professors	750	$113,120
Community Health Workers	140	$49,050

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 Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.