General Public Health at Johns Hopkins University

Every general public health school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general public health program at Johns Hopkins University stacks up to those at other schools.

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 28,890 students attend the school each year. Of the 130 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University in 2021, 130 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.

Johns Hopkins General Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Public Health
• Master’s Degree in General Public Health
• Doctorate Degree in General Public Health

Johns Hopkins General Public Health Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general public health programs across the country. The following shows how Johns Hopkins 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 Johns Hopkins 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
Most Popular General Public Health Schools	1
Most Focused General Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools	12
Best General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Most Focused General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools	29
Most Focused General Public Health Schools	34
	52
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Most Focused General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90

In 2021, 339 students received their master’s degree in general public health from Johns Hopkins. This makes it the #1 most popular school for general public health master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in general public health, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Public Health Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

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

Johns Hopkins General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

Of the 130 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in general public health from Johns Hopkins in 2021, 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical general public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Johns Hopkins since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	54
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	33
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Johns Hopkins General Public Health Master’s Program

Of the 339 general public health students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Johns Hopkins, about 26% were men and 74% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 21% men graduate in general public health each year. Johns Hopkins does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	54
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	138
International Students	80
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Johns Hopkins also has a doctoral program available in general public health. In 2021, 13 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Community Health and Preventive Medicine
• Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
• Public Health Education and Promotion
• Maternal and Child Health
• Other Public Health

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 MD, the home state for Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Medical and Health Services Managers	11,210	$127,080
Community Health Workers	1,290	$50,160

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 Lester Spence under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.