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General Public Health at George Mason University

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General Public Health at George Mason University

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

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541.

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.

GMU General Public Health Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in General Public Health

GMU General Public Health Rankings

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General Public Health Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU General Public Health Master’s Program

88% Women
59% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The general public health program at GMU awarded 51 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 12% of these degrees went to men with the other 88% going to women.

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In the general public health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 59% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 15
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 19
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Medical and Health Services Managers 7,650 $116,770

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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