Public Health at Walla Walla University

If you plan to study public health, take a look at what Walla Walla University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Walla Walla U is located in College Place, Washington and has a total student population of 1,737. Of the 329 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Walla Walla University in 2021, 2 of them were public health majors.

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.

Walla Walla U Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

Walla Walla U Public Health Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public health programs across the country. The following shows how Walla Walla U performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public health major at Walla Walla U 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
	58
	136
Best Public Health Schools	340
Best Value Public Health Schools	468
Most Focused Public Health Schools	519
Most Popular Public Health Schools	593

Public Health Student Demographics at Walla Walla U

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

Walla Walla U Public Health Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Health from Walla Walla U in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public health bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Dental Support Services
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Health/Medical Prep Programs
• Health Sciences & Services
• Nursing

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 WA, the home state for Walla Walla University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,950	$117,970
Health Specialties Professors	3,470	$155,090
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	3,000	$78,240
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,880	$85,090
Community Health Workers	2,230	$42,610

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 Bryan Aulick under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.