General Public Health at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 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.

UT Knoxville General Public Health Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in General Public Health
• Doctorate Degree in General Public Health

UT Knoxville 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.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in general public health, making the school the #29 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Public Health Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville General Public Health Master’s Program

The general public health program at UT Knoxville awarded 24 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 21% of these degrees went to men with the other 79% going to women.

Of the students who received a general public health master's degree from UT Knoxville, 79% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Health/Medical Physics
• Other Public Health

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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Medical and Health Services Managers	10,320	$101,550
Health Specialties Professors	5,690	$102,310
Community Health Workers	850	$44,630

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.