General Public Health at University of Saint Joseph

Every general public health school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general public health program at University of Saint Joseph stacks up to those at other schools.

USJ is located in West Hartford, Connecticut and has a total student population of 2,305.

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.

USJ General Public Health Degrees Available

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

USJ General Public Health Rankings

The general public health major at USJ 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 USJ

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

USJ General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of general public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% 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 USJ since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 49% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general public health bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Saint Joseph with a bachelor's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

USJ General Public Health Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of general public health master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in general public health each year. USJ does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the general public health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Saint Joseph with a master's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Health Services Administration

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 CT, the home state for University of Saint Joseph.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Medical and Health Services Managers	5,510	$129,480
Community Health Workers	440	$47,240

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 Eddy.dossantos2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.