General Public Health at Brown University

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

Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 9,948. In 2021, 58 general public health majors received their bachelor's degree from Brown.

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.

Brown General Public Health Degrees Available

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

Brown General Public Health Rankings

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

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 general public health major at Brown 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Best General Public Health Schools	7
	10
Best General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools	11
	49
Most Popular General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51
Most Focused General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Most Popular General Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools	64
Most Focused General Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools	64
Most Focused General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools	69
Most Popular General Public Health Schools	70
	72
Most Focused General Public Health Schools	73
Most Popular General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools	83
Best Value General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	96
Best Value General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools	204
Best Value General Public Health Schools	262

In 2021, 37 students received their master’s degree in general public health from Brown. This makes it the #83 most popular school for general public health master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in general public health, making the school the #65 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Public Health Student Demographics at Brown

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

Brown General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

Of the 58 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Public Health from Brown in 2020-2021, 22% were men and 78% were women. The typical general public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Brown since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general public health bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Brown General Public Health Master’s Program

The general public health program at Brown awarded 37 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 16% of these degrees went to men with the other 84% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• International Public Health/International Health
• Behavioral Aspects of Health
• Community Health and Preventive Medicine
• Health Services Administration

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 RI, the home state for Brown University.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,660	$128,660
Community Health Workers	100	$47,430

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 Ad Meskens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.