Public Health at Pacific University

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

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and approximately 3,808 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in public health from Pacific.

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.

Pacific Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

Pacific Public Health Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public health programs across the country. The following shows how Pacific 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 Pacific 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 Focused Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	189

How Much Do Public Health Graduates from Pacific Make?

The median salary of public health students who receive their bachelor's degree at Pacific is $31,273. This is less than $32,238, which is the national average of all public health majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Public Health Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific Public Health Bachelor’s Program

The public health program at Pacific awarded 16 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 6% of these degrees went to men with the other 94% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 Pacific University with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

• Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Dental Support Services
• Communication Sciences
• Allied Health Professions

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 Pacific University.

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.