Public Health Education and Promotion at East Carolina University

If you plan to study public health education and promotion, take a look at what East Carolina University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and approximately 28,798 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 267 students received a bachelor's degree in public health education and promotion from ECU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Health Education and Promotion section at the bottom of this page.

ECU Public Health Education and Promotion Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health Education and Promotion
• Master’s Degree in Public Health Education and Promotion

Online Classes Are Available at ECU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

ECU does offer online education options in public health education and promotion for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

ECU Public Health Education and Promotion Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public health education and promotion progam at ECU 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 public health education and promotion major at ECU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Health Education and Promotion. 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 Public Health Education & Promotion Schools	2
Most Focused Public Health Education & Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Focused Public Health Education & Promotion Graduate Certificate Schools	13
Most Focused Public Health Education & Promotion Master’s Degree Schools	33
	39
	70

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in public health education and promotion from ECU. This makes it the #21 most popular school for public health education and promotion master’s degree candidates in the country.

Public Health Education and Promotion Student Demographics at ECU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public health education and promotion majors at East Carolina University.

ECU Public Health Education and Promotion Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 267 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in public health education and promotion from ECU. About 16% were men and 84% were women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public health education and promotion at ECU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public health education and promotion bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	79
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	139
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

ECU Public Health Education and Promotion Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a master's degree in public health education and promotion from ECU. About 92% of these graduates were women and the other 8% were men.

Of the students who received a public health education and promotion master's degree from ECU, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ECU also has a doctoral program available in public health education and promotion. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Environmental Health
• General Public Health

Careers That Public Health Education and Promotion Grads May Go Into

A degree in public health education and promotion can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Community Health Workers	810	$41,610

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 Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.