General Public Health at San Diego State University

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 San Diego State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 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.

SDSU General Public Health Degrees Available

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

SDSU General Public Health Rankings

The general public health major at SDSU 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.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in general public health, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Public Health Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of general public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 San Diego State University with a bachelor's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	38
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	54
White	37
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

SDSU General Public Health Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of general public health master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

In the general public health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 69% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	39
White	27
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

Related Majors

• International Public Health/International Health
• Other Public Health
• Health/Medical Physics

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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Community Health Workers	6,160	$49,260

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.