Public Health at SUNY Old Westbury

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

SUNY Old Westbury is located in Old Westbury, New York and approximately 5,007 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 68 students received a bachelor's degree in public health from SUNY Old Westbury.

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.

SUNY Old Westbury Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

SUNY Old Westbury Public Health Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public health progam at SUNY Old Westbury 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 SUNY Old Westbury 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	21
Most Focused Public Health Schools	55
Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76
Best Value Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	129
Most Popular Public Health Schools	152
	161
Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	287
Best Value Public Health Schools	293
	306
Best Public Health Schools	450

Public Health Student Demographics at SUNY Old Westbury

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public health majors at SUNY Old Westbury.

SUNY Old Westbury Public Health Bachelor’s Program

Of the 68 public health students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SUNY Old Westbury, about 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Old Westbury since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 SUNY Old Westbury with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

SUNY Old Westbury 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 SUNY Old Westbury. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Behavioral Aspects of Health	68

Related Majors

• Mental & Social Health 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 NY, the home state for SUNY Old Westbury.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Community Health Workers	6,590	$44,340
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,400	$79,340
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	3,780	$76,020

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 crz4mets2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.