Public Health at Kean University

If you are interested in studying public health, you may want to check out the program at Kean University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Kean is located in Union, New Jersey and has a total student population of 14,064. Of the 2,562 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Kean University in 2021, 8 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.

Kean Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

Kean Public Health Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public health major at Kean 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 Value Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	70
Most Popular Public Health Schools	466

Public Health Student Demographics at Kean

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

Kean Public Health Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in public health from Kean. About 13% were men and 88% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Kean University with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Kean 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
• Communication Sciences
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Allied Health Professions
• Mental & Social Health Services

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 NJ, the home state for Kean University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Medical and Health Services Managers	11,260	$116,750
Health Specialties Professors	4,420	$109,190
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,670	$80,350
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,240	$80,990
Community Health Workers	1,250	$51,560

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 Daniel Collins under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.