Public Health at North Carolina Central University

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

North Carolina Central University is located in Durham, North Carolina and has a total student population of 8,078. Of the 1,043 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from North Carolina Central University in 2021, 36 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.

North Carolina Central University Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

North Carolina Central University Public Health Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public health programs across the country. The following shows how North Carolina Central University performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public health major at North Carolina Central University 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 Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136

Public Health Student Demographics at North Carolina Central University

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

North Carolina Central University Public Health Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students earned a bachelor's degree in public health from North Carolina Central University. About 86% of these graduates were women and the other 14% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% 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 North Carolina Central University with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

North Carolina Central University also has a doctoral program available in public health. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Mental & Social Health Services
• Communication Sciences
• 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 NC, the home state for North Carolina Central University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Medical and Health Services Managers	9,230	$117,650
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,790	$64,850
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,440	$69,870
Community Health Workers	810	$41,610

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 RDUpedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.