General Public Health at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

If you are interested in studying general public health, you may want to check out the program at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679.

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.

UIUC General Public Health Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in General Public Health

UIUC General Public Health Rankings

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General Public Health Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC General Public Health Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students graduated with a master's degree in general public health from UIUC. About 33% were men and 67% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 21% men graduate in general public health each year. UIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

In the general public health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 56% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Community Health and Preventive Medicine

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 Urbana-Champaign.

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.