Public Health at Monroe College

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

Monroe College is located in Bronx, New York and approximately 6,541 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 214 students received a bachelor's degree in public health from Monroe College.

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.

Monroe College Public Health Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Monroe College

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Monroe College Public Health Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public health programs across the country. The following shows how Monroe College performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public health major at Monroe College 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
Most Popular Online Public Health Schools	5
Most Focused Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
	85
Most Popular Public Health Master’s Degree Schools	89
	115
Best Public Health Schools	189
	196
Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools	271

In 2021, 48 students received their master’s degree in public health from Monroe College. This makes it the #89 most popular school for public health master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Public Health Graduates from Monroe College Make?

The median salary of public health students who receive their bachelor's degree at Monroe College is $36,237. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $32,238 for all public health bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Health Student Demographics at Monroe College

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

Monroe College Public Health Bachelor’s Program

Of the 214 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Health from Monroe College in 2020-2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Monroe College with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	88
Hispanic or Latino	85
White	6
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Monroe College Public Health Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of public health master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

In the public health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Nursing
• Health & Medical Administrative 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 NY, the home state for Monroe 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.