Maternal and Child Health at Johns Hopkins University

If you are interested in studying maternal and child health, you may want to check out the program at Johns Hopkins University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 28,890.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Maternal and Child Health section at the bottom of this page.

Johns Hopkins Maternal and Child Health Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Maternal and Child Health
• Doctorate Degree in Maternal and Child Health

Johns Hopkins Maternal and Child Health Rankings

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There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in maternal and child health, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Maternal and Child Health Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the maternal and child health majors at Johns Hopkins University.

Johns Hopkins Maternal and Child Health Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students earned a master's degree in maternal and child health from Johns Hopkins. About 94% of these graduates were women and the other 6% were men.

In the maternal and child health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Community Health and Preventive Medicine
• Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
• Public Health Education and Promotion
• Other Public Health
• International Public Health/International Health

Careers That Maternal and Child Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in maternal and child 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
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.