Epidemiology at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 students attend the school each year.

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

Iowa Epidemiology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Epidemiology

Iowa Epidemiology Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in epidemiology, making the school the #27 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Epidemiology Student Demographics at Iowa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the epidemiology majors at University of Iowa.

Iowa Epidemiology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of epidemiology master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in epidemiology each year. Iowa does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a epidemiology master's degree from Iowa, 71% 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 University of Iowa with a master's in epidemiology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	20
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Epidemiology Grads May Go Into

A degree in epidemiology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Health Specialties Professors	2,760	$156,320
Medical Scientists	870	$67,730

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 KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.