General Public Health at West Virginia University

If you are interested in studying general public health, you may want to check out the program at West Virginia University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 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.

WVU General Public Health Degrees Available

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

WVU General Public Health Rankings

The general public health major at WVU 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.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in general public health, making the school the #52 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Public Health Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of general public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% 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 WVU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general public health at WVU 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 West Virginia University with a bachelor's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

WVU General Public Health Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of general public health master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in general public health each year. WVU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,610	$110,130
Community Health Workers	740	$34,080

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.