Environmental Health at Western Carolina University

0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every environmental health school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the environmental health program at Western Carolina University stacks up to those at other schools.

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and approximately 12,243 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.

WCU Environmental Health Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health

WCU Environmental Health Rankings

The environmental health major at WCU 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.

Environmental Health Student Demographics at WCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental health majors at Western Carolina University.

WCU Environmental Health Bachelor’s Program

60% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of environmental health bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical environmental health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at WCU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental health at WCU 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 Western Carolina University with a bachelor's in environmental health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 NC, the home state for Western Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,790	$64,850
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,440	$69,870
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	310	$55,550
Epidemiologists	90	$82,820

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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