Public Health at Elon 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 Elon University stacks up to those at other schools.

Elon is located in Elon, North Carolina and has a total student population of 7,117. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 57 students received a bachelor's degree in public health from Elon.

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.

Elon Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

Elon Public Health Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public health major at Elon 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
	71

How Much Do Public Health Graduates from Elon Make?

The median salary of public health students who receive their bachelor's degree at Elon is $27,212. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,238 for all public health students.

Public Health Student Demographics at Elon

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

Elon Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public health at Elon 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 Elon University with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	39
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• 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 NC, the home state for Elon University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Medical and Health Services Managers	9,230	$117,650
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,790	$64,850
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,440	$69,870
Community Health Workers	810	$41,610

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 MPD01605 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.