Health Education at George Mason University

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying health education, you may want to check out the program at George Mason University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Education section at the bottom of this page.

GMU Health Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in School Health Education

GMU Health Education Rankings

The school health education major at GMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Education. 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.

School Health Education Student Demographics at GMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the school health education majors at George Mason University.

GMU Health Education Bachelor’s Program

27% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of school health education bachelor's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. The typical school health education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at GMU since its program graduates 39% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its school health education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a bachelor's in school health education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Careers That School Health Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in school health education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Middle School Teachers	17,130	$66,870

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
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