General Public Health at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students received a bachelor's degree in general public health from UIC.

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.

UIC General Public Health Degrees Available

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

UIC General Public Health Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general public health programs across the country. The following shows how UIC performed in these rankings.

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 general public health major at UIC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools	61
Most Popular General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Best General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools	71
Best General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	89
	118
	164
Most Focused General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	165

In 2021, 129 students received their master’s degree in general public health from UIC. This makes it the #15 most popular school for general public health master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 25 students who received their doctoral degrees in general public health, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Public Health Student Demographics at UIC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general public health majors at University of Illinois at Chicago.

UIC General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in general public health from UIC. About 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical general public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at UIC since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general public health bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	10
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UIC General Public Health Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 129 general public health majors earned their master's degree from UIC. Of these graduates, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a general public health master's degree from UIC, 53% 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 Illinois at Chicago with a master's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	68
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UIC also has a doctoral program available in general public health. In 2021, 25 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health Services Administration

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Medical and Health Services Managers	14,050	$121,900
Health Specialties Professors	10,070	$105,140
Community Health Workers	1,270	$42,250

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 Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.