General Public Health at Nova Southeastern University

If you are interested in studying general public health, you may want to check out the program at Nova Southeastern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and approximately 20,888 students attend the school each year. Of the 531 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Nova Southeastern University in 2021, 27 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.

NUS Florida General Public Health Degrees Available

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

NUS Florida General Public Health Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general public health progam at NUS Florida 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 general public health major at NUS Florida 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
	14
Best General Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools	51
Most Popular General Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools	62
Most Focused General Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools	68
Most Focused General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools	80
	101
Best General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	127
Most Focused General Public Health Schools	145
Best General Public Health Schools	216
Best Value General Public Health Schools	235

In 2021, 65 students received their master’s degree in general public health from NUS Florida. This makes it the #47 most popular school for general public health master’s degree candidates in the country.

General Public Health Student Demographics at NUS Florida

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

NUS Florida General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in general public health from NUS Florida in 2021, 26% were men and 74% 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 NUS Florida since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 Nova Southeastern University with a bachelor's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NUS Florida General Public Health Master’s Program

The general public health program at NUS Florida awarded 65 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 28% of these degrees went to men with the other 72% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 21% men graduate in general public health each year. NUS Florida does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the general public health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	23
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NUS Florida 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

• Public Health Education and Promotion

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 FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Community Health Workers	2,880	$39,930

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 Dgreco under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.