Public Health at East Central University

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 East Central University stacks up to those at other schools.

ECU is located in Ada, Oklahoma and approximately 3,608 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 public health majors received their bachelor's degree from ECU.

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.

ECU Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

ECU Public Health Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public health programs across the country. The following shows how ECU 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 ECU 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
Best Value Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94
Most Focused Public Health Schools	337
	386

Public Health Student Demographics at ECU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public health majors at East Central University.

ECU Public Health Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Health from ECU in 2020-2021, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at ECU since its program graduates 33% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public health at ECU 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 East Central University with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

ECU 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 OK, the home state for East Central University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,450	$90,680
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	1,560	$67,410
Community Health Workers	1,110	$47,110
Health Specialties Professors	1,080	$72,300
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	420	$65,490

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 Brad Holt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.