General Public Health at University of Rochester

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

University of Rochester is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 11,741 students attend the school each year.

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.

University of Rochester General Public Health Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at University of Rochester

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Master’s Degree

University of Rochester General Public Health Rankings

The general public health major at University of Rochester 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 University of Rochester

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

University of Rochester General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of general public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% 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 University of Rochester since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general public health at University of Rochester 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 Rochester with a bachelor's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

University of Rochester General Public Health Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of general public health master's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Health Services Administration
• Other Public Health
• Environmental Health

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 NY, the home state for University of Rochester.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Community Health Workers	6,590	$44,340

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 Tomwsulcer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.