Public Health at Davis & Elkins 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 Davis & Elkins College stacks up to those at other schools.

D&E is located in Elkins, West Virginia and has a total student population of 738. Of the 165 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Davis & Elkins College in 2021, 4 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.

D&E Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

D&E Public Health Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public health programs across the country. The following shows how D&E performed in these rankings.

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 D&E 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 Focused Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	117
	128
Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	233
Most Focused Public Health Schools	247
Best Value Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	259
Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	341
Best Public Health Schools	385
Best Value Public Health Schools	480
Most Popular Public Health Schools	552

Public Health Student Demographics at D&E

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

D&E Public Health Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 public health majors earned their bachelor's degree from D&E. Of these graduates, 75% were men and 25% were women. The typical public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at D&E since its program graduates 54% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public health bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Nursing

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 WV, the home state for Davis & Elkins College.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,610	$110,130
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	790	$73,900
Community Health Workers	740	$34,080
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	560	$56,380
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	170	$60,450

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 Dfscgt21 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.