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Health Education at Virginia Commonwealth University

Health Education at Virginia Commonwealth University

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

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year.

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

VCU Health Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in School Health Education

VCU Health Education Rankings

The school health education major at VCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Education. 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.

School Health Education Student Demographics at VCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the school health education majors at Virginia Commonwealth University.

VCU Health Education Bachelor’s Program

76% Women
66% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 24% of school health education bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its school health education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in school health education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 51
Black or African American 86
Hispanic or Latino 36
White 103
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 40

Careers That School Health Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in school health education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers 26,830 $68,770
Middle School Teachers 17,130 $66,870

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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