Public Health at North Carolina A & T State University

If you are interested in studying public health, you may want to check out the program at North Carolina A & T State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NC A&T is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and approximately 12,753 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in public health from NC A&T.

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.

NC A&T Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

Online Classes Are Available at NC A&T

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NC A&T offers distance education options for public health at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

NC A&T Public Health Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public health progam at NC A&T compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 public health major at NC A&T 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 Popular Online Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
Most Popular Online Public Health Schools	42
Best Value Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	115
Most Focused Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools	127
Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools	127
	144
Best Value Public Health Schools	196
Best Public Health Schools	203
Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	257
	281
Most Focused Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	319
Most Popular Public Health Schools	405
Most Focused Public Health Schools	512

Public Health Student Demographics at NC A&T

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public health majors at North Carolina A & T State University.

NC A&T Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at NC A&T since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 North Carolina A & T State University with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NC A&T 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at North Carolina A & T State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene	12

Related Majors

• Mental & Social Health Services
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Nursing

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 North Carolina A & T State University.

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 Educatedblkman1914 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.