Environmental Health at Texas Southern University

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

TSU is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,015 students attend the school each year. Of the 129 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Texas Southern University in 2021, 8 of them were environmental health majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Environmental Health section at the bottom of this page.

TSU Environmental Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health

TSU Environmental Health Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks environmental health programs across the country. The following shows how TSU performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The environmental health major at TSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental 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 Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Popular Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Most Focused Environmental Health Schools	18
	22
Best Value Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24
Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Most Popular Environmental Health Schools	41
	65
Best Value Environmental Health Schools	67
Best Environmental Health Schools	70

Environmental Health Student Demographics at TSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental health majors at Texas Southern University.

TSU Environmental Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of environmental health bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical environmental health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at TSU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities in its environmental health bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas Southern University with a bachelor's in environmental health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

TSU also has a doctoral program available in environmental health. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Environmental Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in environmental 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 TX, the home state for Texas Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	11,870	$75,720
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,170	$80,880
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	2,790	$53,350
Epidemiologists	690	$71,320

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 WhisperToMe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.