Public Health at Whitworth University

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

Whitworth is located in Spokane, Washington and approximately 2,756 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in public health from Whitworth.

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.

Whitworth Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

Whitworth Public Health Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public health progam at Whitworth compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public health major at Whitworth 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
	221
Most Focused Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	223
Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	308
Most Focused Public Health Schools	390

Public Health Student Demographics at Whitworth

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

Whitworth Public Health Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 public health majors earned their bachelor's degree from Whitworth. Of these graduates, 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Whitworth since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public health at Whitworth 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 Whitworth University with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Mental & Social Health 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 Whitworth 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 Charlesdrakew under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.