Environmental Health at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

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

WCUPA is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 17,719. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in environmental health from WCUPA.

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.

WCUPA Environmental Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health

WCUPA Environmental Health Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks environmental health programs across the country. The following shows how WCUPA performed in these rankings.

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 WCUPA 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
Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
	16
Best Environmental Health Schools	32
Most Popular Environmental Health Schools	32
	46

Environmental Health Student Demographics at WCUPA

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

WCUPA Environmental Health Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a bachelor's degree in environmental health from WCUPA. About 64% of these graduates were women and the other 36% were men. The typical environmental health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at WCUPA since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental health at WCUPA 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 West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in environmental health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 PA, the home state for West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	4,370	$70,330
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,050	$74,430
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	710	$48,140
Epidemiologists	130	$79,690

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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.