Public Health at Oregon Institute of Technology

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

OIT is located in Klamath Falls, Oregon and approximately 5,323 students attend the school each year. Of the 719 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oregon Institute of Technology in 2021, 9 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.

OIT Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

OIT Public Health Rankings

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

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 OIT 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
	25
Most Focused Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	205
Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	286
Most Focused Public Health Schools	367
Best Value Public Health Schools	401

Public Health Student Demographics at OIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public health majors at Oregon Institute of Technology.

OIT Public Health Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a bachelor's degree in public health from OIT. About 56% of these graduates were women and the other 44% were men. The typical public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at OIT since its program graduates 23% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public health at OIT are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Oregon Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

OIT 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
• Health Sciences & Services
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Dental Support 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 OR, the home state for Oregon Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Medical and Health Services Managers	4,680	$118,730
Health Specialties Professors	3,660	$145,380
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	1,180	$74,000
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	950	$77,980
Community Health Workers	750	$42,350

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.