Public Health at Ithaca College

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

Ithaca is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 5,354 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,366 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ithaca College in 2021, 18 of them were public health majors.

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.

Ithaca Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

Ithaca Public Health Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public health progam at Ithaca 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 Ithaca 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	69
Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	203
Most Focused Public Health Schools	368
Best Value Public Health Schools	510

Public Health Student Demographics at Ithaca

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

Ithaca Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. The typical public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Ithaca since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public health at Ithaca 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 Ithaca College with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Health Sciences & Services
• Communication Sciences
• 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 NY, the home state for Ithaca College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Community Health Workers	6,590	$44,340
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,400	$79,340
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	3,780	$76,020

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 Mr Senseless under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.