Public Health at Lock Haven University

If you plan to study public health, take a look at what Lock Haven University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

LHU is located in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,163.

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.

LHU Public Health Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Health

Online Classes Are Available at LHU

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? LHU offers distance education options for public health at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

LHU Public Health Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Earnings of LHU Public Health Graduates

The median salary of public health students who receive their bachelor's degree at LHU is $22,969. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,238 for all public health students.

Public Health Student Demographics at LHU

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

LHU Public Health Master’s Program

Of the 7 public health students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from LHU, about 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a public health master's degree from LHU, 86% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Other Health Professions
• Nursing

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 PA, the home state for Lock Haven University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Medical and Health Services Managers	16,410	$97,310
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	4,370	$70,330
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,050	$74,430
Community Health Workers	2,000	$41,550

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 Ruhrfisch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.