General Public Health at Ithaca College

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

Ithaca is located in Ithaca, New York and has a total student population of 5,354. In 2021, 18 general public health majors received their bachelor's degree from Ithaca.

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.

Ithaca General Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Public Health

Ithaca General Public Health Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general public health programs across the country. The following shows how Ithaca 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 general public health major at Ithaca 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	30
	48
Best General Public Health Schools	84
Most Focused General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	98
Most Popular General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	102
	120
Best Value General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	138
Most Focused General Public Health Schools	190
Most Popular General Public Health Schools	215
Best Value General Public Health Schools	310

General Public Health Student Demographics at Ithaca

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

Ithaca General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

The general public health program at Ithaca awarded 18 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 28% of these degrees went to men with the other 72% going to women. The typical general public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Ithaca since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general public health at Ithaca 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 Ithaca College with a bachelor's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Ithaca 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

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 NY, the home state for Ithaca College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Community Health Workers	6,590	$44,340

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 Mr Senseless under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.