Environmental Health at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

If you plan to study environmental health, take a look at what University of Washington - Seattle Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 48,149 students attend the school each year.

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

UW Seattle Environmental Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health
• Master’s Degree in Environmental Health

UW Seattle Environmental Health Rankings

The environmental health major at UW Seattle is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental 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.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental health, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Health Student Demographics at UW Seattle

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental health majors at University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

UW Seattle Environmental Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of environmental health bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental health at UW Seattle 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 Washington - Seattle Campus with a bachelor's in environmental health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	15
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UW Seattle Environmental Health Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of environmental health master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

Of the students who received a environmental health master's degree from UW Seattle, 69% 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 Washington - Seattle Campus with a master's in environmental health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Public Health Education and Promotion
• Other Public Health
• International Public Health/International Health
• General Public Health

Careers That Environmental Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in environmental 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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Health Specialties Professors	3,470	$155,090
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	3,000	$78,240
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,880	$85,090
Epidemiologists	370	$102,490
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	340	$62,510

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.