Public Health at East Central University

If you plan to study public health, take a look at what East Central 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 Ada, Oklahoma and has a total student population of 3,608. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in public health from ECU.

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

ECU Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

ECU Public Health Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public health programs across the country. The following shows how ECU performed in these rankings.

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 major at ECU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 Value Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94
Most Focused Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	183
	222
Best Value Public Health Schools	236
Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	265
Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	282
Most Focused Public Health Schools	337
	386
Most Popular Public Health Schools	420
Best Public Health Schools	441

Public Health Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Public Health Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public health from ECU in 2021, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at ECU since its program graduates 33% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public health at ECU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Public Health

Public Health majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from East Central University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Health	11

Related Majors

• Nursing

Careers That Public Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 OK, the home state for East Central University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,450	$90,680
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	1,560	$67,410
Community Health Workers	1,110	$47,110
Health Specialties Professors	1,080	$72,300
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	420	$65,490

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 Brad Holt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.