Environmental Health at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you are interested in studying environmental health, you may want to check out the program at Columbia University in the City of New York. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 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.

Columbia Environmental Health Degrees Available

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

Columbia Environmental Health Rankings

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There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental health, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Health Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental health majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Environmental Health Master’s Program

Of the 26 students who earned a master's degree in Environmental Health from Columbia in 2020-2021, 23% were men and 77% were women.

In the environmental health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in environmental health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Maternal and Child Health
• International Public Health/International Health
• Other Public Health
• 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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,400	$79,340
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	3,780	$76,020
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	850	$61,850
Epidemiologists	210	$91,880

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.