Environmental Health at University of Georgia

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

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and has a total student population of 39,147.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Environmental Health section at the bottom of this page.

UGA Environmental Health Degrees Available

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

UGA Environmental Health Rankings

The environmental health major at UGA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental 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 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental health, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Health Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Environmental Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of environmental health bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical environmental health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at UGA since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental health at UGA 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 University of Georgia with a bachelor's in environmental health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UGA Environmental Health Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of environmental health master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

In the environmental health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

• International Public Health/International Health
• General Public Health
• Public Health Education and Promotion

Careers That Environmental Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in environmental 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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Health Specialties Professors	4,970	$119,400
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	1,570	$71,450
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,300	$72,860
Epidemiologists	420	$64,160
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	380	$63,570

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.