General Public Health at Johns Hopkins University

What traits are you looking for in a general 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 general public health program.

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 28,890.

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.

Johns Hopkins General Public Health Degrees Available

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

Johns Hopkins General Public Health Rankings

The general public health major at Johns Hopkins 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 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in general public health, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Public Health Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

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

Johns Hopkins General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of general public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. The typical general public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Johns Hopkins since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	71
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	27
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Johns Hopkins General Public Health Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of general public health master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in general public health each year. Johns Hopkins does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% 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 general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	78
International Students	53
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Related Majors

• Community Health and Preventive Medicine
• Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
• Public Health Education and Promotion
• Maternal and Child Health
• Other Public Health

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 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
Community Health Workers	1,290	$50,160

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

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