General Public Health at Pacific University

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

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and approximately 3,808 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in general public health from Pacific.

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.

Pacific General Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Public Health

Pacific General Public Health Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general public health progam at Pacific 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 Pacific 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	44
Most Focused General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	88
Most Popular General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	110
Best Value General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	164
	187
Best Value General Public Health Schools	335

General Public Health Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 general public health majors earned their bachelor's degree from Pacific. Of these graduates, 6% were men and 94% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Pacific University with a bachelor's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Pacific 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 OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Medical and Health Services Managers	4,680	$118,730
Health Specialties Professors	3,660	$145,380
Community Health Workers	750	$42,350

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.