Environmental Health at Brigham Young University - Provo

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

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and has a total student population of 36,461. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in environmental health from BYU.

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.

BYU Environmental Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health

BYU Environmental Health Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The environmental health major at BYU 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Most Focused Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
	24
Most Popular Environmental Health Schools	28
Most Focused Environmental Health Schools	37
	67

Environmental Health Student Demographics at BYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental health majors at Brigham Young University - Provo.

BYU Environmental Health Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in environmental health from BYU. About 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical environmental health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at BYU since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental health at BYU 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 Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in environmental health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• General Public Health
• Public Health Education and Promotion

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 UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Health Specialties Professors	2,120	$141,550
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	880	$78,040
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	830	$68,480
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	210	$54,370

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 Mwilson3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.