Public Health at Shenandoah University

What traits are you looking for in a public health school? To help you decide if Shenandoah University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public health program.

Shenandoah is located in Winchester, Virginia and approximately 4,174 students attend the school each year.

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.

Shenandoah Public Health Degrees Available

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

Shenandoah Public Health Rankings

The public health major at Shenandoah 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.

Public Health Student Demographics at Shenandoah

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

Shenandoah Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. The typical public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Shenandoah since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public health at Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah University with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Shenandoah Public Health Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a public health master's degree from Shenandoah, 67% 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 Shenandoah University with a master's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Public Health

If you plan to be a public health major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Shenandoah University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Public Health	30
General Public Health	6

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Nursing

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 VA, the home state for Shenandoah University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Medical and Health Services Managers	7,650	$116,770
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,150	$85,550
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,980	$71,260

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 Shenandoah Office of Marketing and Communications under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.