Public Health at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

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

UNCW is located in Wilmington, North Carolina and has a total student population of 17,915. Of the 1,057 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2021, 156 of them were public health majors.

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

UNCW Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

UNCW Public Health Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public health progam at UNCW compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public health major at UNCW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Most Focused Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Most Popular Public Health Schools	71
Best Value Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	102
Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	158
Best Value Public Health Schools	246

Earnings of UNCW Public Health Graduates

The median salary of public health students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNCW is $29,370. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,238 for all public health students.

Public Health Student Demographics at UNCW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public health majors at University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

UNCW Public Health Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 156 public health majors earned their bachelor's degree from UNCW. Of these graduates, 12% were men and 88% were women.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public health at UNCW 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 North Carolina at Wilmington with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	128
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UNCW also has a doctoral program available in public health. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Public Health

If you plan to be a public health major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Health Education and Promotion	82
General Public Health	74

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Other Health Professions
• Nursing

Careers That Public Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Medical and Health Services Managers	9,230	$117,650
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,790	$64,850
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,440	$69,870
Community Health Workers	810	$41,610

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.