Public Health at George Mason University

If you are interested in studying public health, 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 approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 195 students received a bachelor's degree in public health from GMU.

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.

GMU Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health
• Master’s Degree in Public Health
• Doctorate Degree in Public Health

GMU Public Health Rankings

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

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 GMU 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 Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools	74
	366

In 2021, 53 students received their master’s degree in public health from GMU. This makes it the #84 most popular school for public health master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in public health, making the school the #66 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of GMU Public Health Graduates

The median salary of public health students who receive their bachelor's degree at GMU is $32,071. This is less than $32,238, which is the national average of all public health majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Public Health Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Public Health Bachelor’s Program

Of the 195 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public health from GMU in 2021, 9% were men and 91% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 George Mason University with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	42
Black or African American	42
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	54
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

GMU Public Health Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 students earned a master's degree in public health from GMU. About 89% of these graduates were women and the other 11% were men.

In the public health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	20
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

GMU also has a doctoral program available in public health. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• 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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Medical and Health Services Managers	7,650	$116,770
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,150	$85,550
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,980	$71,260

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.