Public Health Education & Promotion
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Public Health Education & Promotion degree recipients are Greenville, NC, Rexburg, ID, and New York, NY. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of Public Health Education & Promotion degree recipients are Tsaile, AZ, Clarksville, AR, and Greenville, NC. The most common degree awarded to students studying Public Health Education & Promotion is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Public Health Education & Promotion and the types of students that study this field. East Carolina University awards the most degrees in Public Health Education & Promotion in the US, but Dine College and University of the Ozarks have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Public Health Education & Promotion.
Tuition costs for Public Health Education & Promotion majors are, on average, $7,716 for in-state public colleges, and $37,176 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Public Health Education & Promotion programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (107 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (2,956 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Public Health Education & Promotion, is Public, 4-year or above (2,956 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Public Health Education & Promotion programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
East Carolina University has the most Public Health Education & Promotion degree recipients, with 289 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Public Health Education & Promotion.
Out of all institutions that offer Public Health Education & Promotion programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Dine College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Public Health Education & Promotion, with 26.4%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Public Health Education & Promotion by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Public Health Education & Promotion.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Health graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Health majors is $87,543 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
The industry that employs the most Health majors is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Farm supplies merchant wholesalers.
The average salary for Health majors is $87,543 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Health majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Health majors, by number of employees, are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Health majors working as Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, Nurse anesthetists, and Audiologists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Health majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Nurse anesthetists.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.36%, from 4.51M in 2021 to 4.66M in 2022.
The largest single share of Health graduates go on to work as Registered nurses (36.5%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Health by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Health majors, by number of employees, are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Outpatient care centers, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Health majors, by average wage, are Farm supplies merchant wholesalers, Aerospace products & parts manufacturing, and Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.36%, from 4.51M in 2021 to 4.66M in 2022.
The industry which employs the most Health graduates by share is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, followed by Outpatient care centers. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Health.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Health. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 31 years old, which represent 3.06% and 3% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Public Health Education & Promotion are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Postbaccalaureate Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Health are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Public Health Education & Promotion.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Public Health Education & Promotion for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Public Health Education & Promotion.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Philippines that hold Health degrees (5.03 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (202,070 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Public Health Education & Promotion field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Public Health Education & Promotion majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Public Health Education & Promotion majors need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Management of Financial Resources, and Operations Monitoring.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Public Health Education & Promotion majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Operation and Control is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Writing, and Reading Comprehension are the three most important skills for people in the field.
