General Public Health at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and has a total student population of 30,318.

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

Iowa General Public Health Degrees Available

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

Iowa General Public Health Rankings

The general public health major at Iowa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

General Public Health Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of general public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. The typical general public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Iowa since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general public health at Iowa 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 Iowa with a bachelor's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Iowa General Public Health Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of general public health master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in general public health each year. Iowa does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a general public health master's degree from Iowa, 68% 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 general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
• Environmental Health
• Other Public Health
• Health Services Administration

Careers That General Public Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,670	$85,800
Health Specialties Professors	2,760	$156,320
Community Health Workers	330	$38,050

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.