Public Health Education and Promotion at Western Illinois University

Every public health education and promotion school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public health education and promotion program at Western Illinois University stacks up to those at other schools.

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and has a total student population of 7,490. In 2021, 3 public health education and promotion majors received their bachelor's degree from WIU.

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

WIU Public Health Education and Promotion Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health Education and Promotion

WIU Public Health Education and Promotion Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public health education and promotion programs across the country. The following shows how WIU performed in these rankings.

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 education and promotion major at WIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Health Education and Promotion. 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 Value Public Health Education & Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Best Value Public Health Education & Promotion Schools	26
	51
Best Public Health Education & Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
Most Popular Public Health Education & Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75
Most Focused Public Health Education & Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Schools	78
Best Public Health Education & Promotion Schools	85
	89
Most Popular Public Health Education & Promotion Schools	116
Most Focused Public Health Education & Promotion Schools	123

Public Health Education and Promotion Student Demographics at WIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public health education and promotion majors at Western Illinois University.

WIU Public Health Education and Promotion Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 public health education and promotion majors earned their bachelor's degree from WIU. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public health education and promotion at WIU 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 Western Illinois University with a bachelor's in public health education and promotion.

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

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

Related Majors

Careers That Public Health Education and Promotion Grads May Go Into

A degree in public health education and promotion can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Health Specialties Professors	10,070	$105,140
Community Health Workers	1,270	$42,250

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 IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.