Public Health at SUNY Polytechnic Institute

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

SUNY Poly is located in Utica, New York and has a total student population of 3,044. Of the 585 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Polytechnic Institute in 2021, 23 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.

SUNY Poly Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

SUNY Poly Public Health Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public health programs across the country. The following shows how SUNY Poly performed in these rankings.

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 SUNY Poly 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 Value Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	81
Most Focused Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	81
Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	182
Best Public Health Schools	253
Most Popular Public Health Schools	308

Public Health Student Demographics at SUNY Poly

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public health majors at SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

SUNY Poly Public Health Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 public health majors earned their bachelor's degree from SUNY Poly. Of these graduates, 9% were men and 91% were women.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public health at SUNY Poly 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 SUNY Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• 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 NY, the home state for SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Community Health Workers	6,590	$44,340
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,400	$79,340
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	3,780	$76,020

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 Bssasidhar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.