Public Health at Santa Clara University

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

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and has a total student population of 8,616. Of the 1,656 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University in 2021, 40 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.

SCU Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

SCU Public Health Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public health progam at SCU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 SCU 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
Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular Public Health Schools	228
Most Focused Public Health Schools	308
Best Value Public Health Schools	421

Earnings of SCU Public Health Graduates

The median salary of public health students who receive their bachelor's degree at SCU is $45,119. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 40% higher than the national average of $32,238 for all public health bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Health Student Demographics at SCU

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

SCU Public Health Bachelor’s Program

Of the 40 public health students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SCU, about 10% were men and 90% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Santa Clara University with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

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 CA, the home state for Santa Clara University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	12,750	$91,890
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	7,560	$88,400
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 Arnaudh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.