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General Public Health at Florida Gulf Coast University

General Public Health at Florida Gulf Coast University

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

FGCU is located in Fort Myers, Florida and approximately 15,358 students attend the school each year.

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.

FGCU General Public Health Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Public Health

FGCU General Public Health Rankings

The general public health major at FGCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

General Public Health Student Demographics at FGCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general public health majors at Florida Gulf Coast University.

FGCU General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

81% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 19% of general public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general public health at FGCU 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 Florida Gulf Coast University with a bachelor's in general public health.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 24
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 FL, the home state for Florida Gulf Coast University.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Health Specialties Professors 9,250 $80,990
Community Health Workers 2,880 $39,930

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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