Environmental Health at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

If you are interested in studying environmental health, you may want to check out the program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and has a total student population of 30,092. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students received a bachelor's degree in environmental health from UNC Chapel Hill.

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.

UNC Chapel Hill Environmental Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health

UNC Chapel Hill Environmental Health Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the environmental health progam at UNC Chapel Hill compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 environmental health major at UNC Chapel Hill is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental 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 Popular Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9

Environmental Health Student Demographics at UNC Chapel Hill

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental health majors at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill Environmental Health Bachelor’s Program

The environmental health program at UNC Chapel Hill awarded 19 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 42% of these degrees went to men with the other 58% going to women. The typical environmental health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UNC Chapel Hill since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its environmental 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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's in environmental health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNC Chapel Hill also has a doctoral program available in environmental health. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Maternal and Child Health
• Public Health Education and Promotion
• General Public Health

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,790	$64,850
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,440	$69,870
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	310	$55,550
Epidemiologists	90	$82,820

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 Marchmain05 under License

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