Environmental Health at University of Rochester

What traits are you looking for in a environmental health school? To help you decide if University of Rochester is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's environmental health program.

University of Rochester is located in Rochester, New York and has a total student population of 11,741. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students received a bachelor's degree in environmental health from University of Rochester.

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.

University of Rochester Environmental Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health

University of Rochester Environmental Health Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the environmental health progam at University of Rochester compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 environmental health major at University of Rochester 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 Focused Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Environmental Health Schools	19
Most Popular Environmental Health Schools	20

Environmental Health Student Demographics at University of Rochester

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental health majors at University of Rochester.

University of Rochester Environmental Health Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students earned a bachelor's degree in environmental health from University of Rochester. About 47% of these graduates were women and the other 53% were men. The typical environmental health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at University of Rochester since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Rochester with a bachelor's in environmental health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

University of Rochester also has a doctoral program available in environmental health. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health Services Administration
• Other Public Health
• 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 NY, the home state for University of Rochester.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,400	$79,340
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	3,780	$76,020
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	850	$61,850
Epidemiologists	210	$91,880

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 Tomwsulcer under License

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