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General Public Health at Georgia Southern University

General Public Health at Georgia Southern University

What traits are you looking for in a general public health school? To help you decide if Georgia Southern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's general public health program.

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and has a total student population of 26,949.

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.

GaSou General Public Health Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at GaSou

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GaSou offers distance education options for general public health at the following degree levels:

GaSou General Public Health Rankings

The general public health major at GaSou 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.

There were 33 students who received their doctoral degrees in general public health, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Public Health Student Demographics at GaSou

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

GaSou General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

90% Women
70% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 10% of general public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general public health bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's in general public health.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 20
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

GaSou General Public Health Master’s Program

85% Women
65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 15% of general public health master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

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In the general public health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 65% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 28
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 14
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation Jobs in GA Average Salary in GA
Medical and Health Services Managers 8,790 $111,850
Health Specialties Professors 4,970 $119,400
Community Health Workers 1,010 $41,240

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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