Public Health at Saint Augustine’s University

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

SAU is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 1,110. Of the 12 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Saint Augustine's University in 2021, 11 of them were public health majors.

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.

SAU Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

SAU Public Health Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public health major at SAU 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 Focused Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Focused Public Health Schools	24
Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	265
Most Popular Public Health Schools	420

Public Health Student Demographics at SAU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public health majors at Saint Augustine’s University.

SAU Public Health Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in public health from SAU. About 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at SAU since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% 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 Saint Augustine's University with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SAU 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

If you plan to be a public health major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Saint Augustine's University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Public Health	11

Related Majors

• Health Sciences & Services

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 Saint Augustine's 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 SAUT under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.