General Public Health at Simmons University

What traits are you looking for in a general public health school? To help you decide if Simmons University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's general public health program.

Simmons is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,263 students attend the school each year.

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.

Simmons General Public Health Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in General Public Health

Online Classes Are Available at Simmons

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? Simmons offers distance education options for general public health at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Simmons General Public Health Rankings

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.

General Public Health Student Demographics at Simmons

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

Simmons General Public Health Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 general public health majors earned their master's degree from Simmons. Of these graduates, 15% were men and 85% were women.

In the general public health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 69% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

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

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

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 MA, the home state for Simmons University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Medical and Health Services Managers	15,380	$133,900
Community Health Workers	3,660	$44,500
Health Specialties Professors	3,460	$111,230

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.