Public Health at University of North Carolina at Asheville

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

UNCA is located in Asheville, North Carolina and approximately 3,363 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 51 public health majors received their bachelor's degree from UNCA.

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.

UNCA Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

UNCA Public Health Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public health major at UNCA 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 Focused Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	106
Most Popular Public Health Schools	192
Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	303
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Earnings of UNCA Public Health Graduates

The median salary of public health students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNCA is $23,657. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,238 for all public health students.

Public Health Student Demographics at UNCA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public health majors at University of North Carolina at Asheville.

UNCA Public Health Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 public health majors earned their bachelor's degree from UNCA. Of these graduates, 37% were men and 63% were women. The typical public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at UNCA since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public health at UNCA 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 North Carolina at Asheville with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	36
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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

Related Majors

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Medical and Health Services Managers	9,230	$117,650
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,790	$64,850
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,440	$69,870
Community Health Workers	810	$41,610

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 Caroline Culler (User:Wgreaves) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.