Public Health Education and Promotion at University of Georgia

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

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and approximately 39,147 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 128 public health education and promotion majors received their bachelor's degree from UGA.

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

UGA Public Health Education and Promotion Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health Education and Promotion
• Doctorate Degree in Public Health Education and Promotion

UGA Public Health Education and Promotion Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public health education and promotion programs across the country. The following shows how UGA 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 public health education and promotion major at UGA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Health Education and Promotion. 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 Popular Public Health Education & Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular Public Health Education & Promotion Schools	4
Most Focused Public Health Education & Promotion Doctor’s Degree Schools	12
Best Public Health Education & Promotion Graduate Certificate Schools	13
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Most Popular Public Health Education & Promotion Graduate Certificate Schools	17
Best Value Public Health Education & Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Most Focused Public Health Education & Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Most Focused Public Health Education & Promotion Schools	54
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	106

Public Health Education and Promotion Student Demographics at UGA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public health education and promotion majors at University of Georgia.

UGA Public Health Education and Promotion Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 128 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in public health education and promotion from UGA. About 9% were men and 91% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public health education and promotion at UGA are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Georgia with a bachelor's in public health education and promotion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	81
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UGA also has a doctoral program available in public health education and promotion. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• International Public Health/International Health
• Environmental Health
• General Public Health

Careers That Public Health Education and Promotion Grads May Go Into

A degree in public health education and promotion can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Health Specialties Professors	4,970	$119,400
Community Health Workers	1,010	$41,240

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.