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General Public Health at LaGuardia Community College

If you plan to study general public health, take a look at what LaGuardia Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

LaGuardia is located in Long Island City, New York and approximately 16,971 students attend the school each year.

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.

LaGuardia General Public Health Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in General Public Health

LaGuardia General Public Health Rankings

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General Public Health Student Demographics at LaGuardia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general public health majors at LaGuardia Community College.

LaGuardia General Public Health Associate’s Program

85% Women
85% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 15% of general public health associate's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

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LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in general public health graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from LaGuardia Community College with a associate's in general public health.

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

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 NY, the home state for LaGuardia Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Medical and Health Services Managers 25,830 $143,030
Health Specialties Professors 22,170 $127,230
Community Health Workers 6,590 $44,340

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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