Public Health at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 students attend the school each year.

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.

Virginia Tech Public Health Degrees Available

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

Virginia Tech Public Health Rankings

The public health major at Virginia Tech 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.

Public Health Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public health majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Virginia Tech since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public health at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	58
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Virginia Tech Public Health Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of public health master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

Of the students who received a public health master's degree from Virginia Tech, 70% 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 Virginia Tech with a master's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	37
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Public Health

Public Health majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Virginia Tech. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Public Health	34

Related Majors

• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Medicine

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Medical and Health Services Managers	7,650	$116,770
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,150	$85,550
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,980	$71,260

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 Eric T Gunther under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.