Public Health at Guilford College

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

Guilford is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and approximately 1,429 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in public health from Guilford.

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.

Guilford Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

Guilford Public Health Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public health progam at Guilford 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 major at Guilford 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
Most Focused Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	107
Most Focused Public Health Schools	226
Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	308
Most Popular Public Health Schools	481

Public Health Student Demographics at Guilford

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

Guilford Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Guilford 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 Guilford College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Public Health	7

Related Majors

• Health/Medical Prep Programs

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 NC, the home state for Guilford College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Medical and Health Services Managers	9,230	$117,650
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,790	$64,850
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,440	$69,870
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 Parkram412 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.