Public Health at Fort Lewis 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 Fort Lewis College stacks up to those at other schools.

FLC is located in Durango, Colorado and approximately 3,469 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in public health from FLC.

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.

FLC Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

FLC Public Health Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public health progam at FLC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 FLC 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	55
	352
Best Value Public Health Schools	478
Best Public Health Schools	554
	572

Earnings of FLC Public Health Graduates

The median salary of public health students who receive their bachelor's degree at FLC is $25,953. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,238 for all public health students.

Public Health Student Demographics at FLC

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

FLC Public Health Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 public health majors earned their bachelor's degree from FLC. Of these graduates, 14% were men and 86% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Fort Lewis College with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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

Related Majors

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 CO, the home state for Fort Lewis College.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Health Specialties Professors	5,810	$144,880
Medical and Health Services Managers	5,460	$118,540
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,930	$93,010
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,120	$86,390
Physicists	930	$106,490

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.