General Public Health at Eastern Michigan University

If you are interested in studying general public health, you may want to check out the program at Eastern Michigan University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and approximately 16,294 students attend the school each year. Of the 710 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University in 2021, 27 of them were general public health majors.

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.

Eastern Michigan General Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Public Health

Eastern Michigan General Public Health Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general public health major at Eastern Michigan is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	144
Most Focused General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	145
Most Popular General Public Health Schools	172
Most Focused General Public Health Schools	256
Best General Public Health Schools	272

General Public Health Student Demographics at Eastern Michigan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general public health majors at Eastern Michigan University.

Eastern Michigan General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of general public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general public health bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Public Health Education and Promotion

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 MI, the home state for Eastern Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Medical and Health Services Managers	11,960	$111,780
Health Specialties Professors	5,440	$131,020
Community Health Workers	1,860	$44,380

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.