General Public Health at Rivier University

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

Rivier is located in Nashua, New Hampshire and approximately 2,178 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Public Health section at the bottom of this page.

Rivier General Public Health Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Rivier

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.

Rivier does offer online education options in general public health for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Rivier General Public Health Rankings

The general public health major at Rivier is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

General Public Health Student Demographics at Rivier

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

Rivier General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of general public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical general public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Rivier since its program graduates 47% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general public health at Rivier 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 Rivier University with a bachelor's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Rivier General Public Health Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of general public health master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a general public health master's degree from Rivier, 100% 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 Rivier University with a master's in general public health.

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

Related Majors

Careers That General Public Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 NH, the home state for Rivier University.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,910	$113,210
Health Specialties Professors	750	$113,120
Community Health Workers	140	$49,050

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 RivierCollege under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.