Environmental Health at California State University - Northridge

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 California State University - Northridge stacks up to those at other schools.

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and approximately 40,381 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 63 students received a bachelor's degree in environmental health from CSUN.

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.

CSUN Environmental Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health
• Master’s Degree in Environmental Health

CSUN Environmental Health Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the environmental health progam at CSUN 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 environmental health major at CSUN 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
Most Popular Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Best Value Environmental Health Master’s Degree Schools	6
Most Focused Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Best Value Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
	11
Most Popular Environmental Health Master’s Degree Schools	16
	19
Best Value Environmental Health Schools	19
Most Focused Environmental Health Master’s Degree Schools	20
	33
Best Environmental Health Schools	36

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in environmental health from CSUN. This makes it the #16 most popular school for environmental health master’s degree candidates in the country.

Environmental Health Student Demographics at CSUN

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental health majors at California State University - Northridge.

CSUN Environmental Health Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 63 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in environmental health from CSUN. About 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical environmental health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUN since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities in its environmental health bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Northridge with a bachelor's in environmental health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

CSUN Environmental Health Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a master's degree in environmental health from CSUN. About 71% of these graduates were women and the other 29% were men.

In the environmental health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 30% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Northridge with a master's in environmental health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Health Services Administration
• General Public Health

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 CA, the home state for California State University - Northridge.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	12,750	$91,890
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	7,560	$88,400
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	1,490	$60,970
Epidemiologists	760	$92,040

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 Cbl62 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.