Environmental Health at University of Florida

Every environmental health school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the environmental health program at University of Florida stacks up to those at other schools.

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and has a total student population of 53,372.

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.

UF Environmental Health Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Environmental Health

Online Classes Are Available at UF

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? UF offers distance education options for environmental health at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UF Environmental 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.

Environmental Health Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Environmental Health Master’s Program

Of the 6 students who earned a master's degree in Environmental Health from UF in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a environmental health master's degree from UF, 67% 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 University of Florida with a master's in environmental health.

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

Related Majors

• General Public Health
• Community Health and Preventive Medicine

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 FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,920	$58,790
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,920	$66,790
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	510	$46,530
Epidemiologists	280	$44,350

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 DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.