Environmental Health at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 48,149 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 22 environmental health majors received their bachelor's degree from UW Seattle.

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.

UW Seattle Environmental Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health
• Master’s Degree in Environmental Health
• Doctorate Degree in Environmental Health

UW Seattle Environmental Health Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the environmental health progam at UW Seattle 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 UW Seattle 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools	7
	9
Best Environmental Health Master’s Degree Schools	12
Most Focused Environmental Health Schools	29
Best Value Environmental Health Schools	35

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in environmental health from UW Seattle. This makes it the #12 most popular school for environmental health master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental health, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Health Student Demographics at UW Seattle

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

UW Seattle Environmental Health Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 environmental health majors earned their bachelor's degree from UW Seattle. Of these graduates, 27% were men and 73% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Washington - Seattle Campus with a bachelor's in environmental health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UW Seattle Environmental Health Master’s Program

The environmental health program at UW Seattle awarded 17 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 41% of these degrees went to men with the other 59% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 34% men graduate in environmental health each year. UW Seattle does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a environmental health master's degree from UW Seattle, 53% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the environmental health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Washington - Seattle Campus with a master's in environmental health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UW Seattle also has a doctoral program available in environmental health. In 2021, 8 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Health Education and Promotion
• Other Public Health
• International Public Health/International 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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Health Specialties Professors	3,470	$155,090
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	3,000	$78,240
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,880	$85,090
Epidemiologists	370	$102,490
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	340	$62,510

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.