Public Health at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students received a bachelor's degree in public health from UIC.

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.

UIC Public Health Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UIC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UIC offers distance education options for public health at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UIC Public Health Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public health major at UIC 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
Most Popular Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools	6
Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools	48
Best Value Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	222
	238

In 2021, 152 students received their master’s degree in public health from UIC. This makes it the #24 most popular school for public health master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 25 students who received their doctoral degrees in public health, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UIC Public Health Graduates

The median salary of public health students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIC is $29,845. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,238 for all public health students.

Public Health Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Public Health Bachelor’s Program

The public health program at UIC awarded 40 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women. The typical public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at UIC since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 University of Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	10
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UIC Public Health Master’s Program

Of the 152 students who earned a master's degree in Public Health from UIC in 2020-2021, 19% were men and 81% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	76
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UIC also has a doctoral program available in public health. In 2021, 25 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Medical Science
• Other Health Professions
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Health/Medical Prep Programs
• Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Medical and Health Services Managers	14,050	$121,900
Health Specialties Professors	10,070	$105,140
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,300	$76,390
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,690	$78,640
Community Health Workers	1,270	$42,250

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 Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.