Public Health at Johns Hopkins University

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

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 28,890. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 130 students received a bachelor's degree in public health from Johns Hopkins.

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.

Johns Hopkins Public Health Degrees Available

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

Johns Hopkins Public Health Rankings

The public health major at Johns Hopkins 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.

In 2021, 499 students received their master’s degree in public health from Johns Hopkins. This makes it the #2 most popular school for public health master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 39 students who received their doctoral degrees in public health, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Johns Hopkins Public Health Graduates

The median salary of public health students who receive their bachelor's degree at Johns Hopkins is $29,342. 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 Johns Hopkins

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

Johns Hopkins Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% 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 Johns Hopkins since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	54
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	33
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Johns Hopkins Public Health Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 499 students earned a master's degree in public health from Johns Hopkins. About 74% of these graduates were women and the other 26% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 21% men graduate in public health each year. Johns Hopkins does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	79
Black or African American	55
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	189
International Students	118
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

Johns Hopkins also has a doctoral program available in public health. In 2021, 39 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health Sciences & Services
• Other Health Professions
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Health/Medical Prep Programs

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 MD, the home state for Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Medical and Health Services Managers	11,210	$127,080
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,560	$77,300
Physicists	1,950	$120,450
Community Health Workers	1,290	$50,160
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	1,230	$78,920

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 Lester Spence under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.