Public Health at Baylor University

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

Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and approximately 19,297 students attend the school each year.

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

Baylor Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health
• Master’s Degree in Public Health

Baylor Public Health Rankings

Public Health Student Demographics at Baylor

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

Baylor Public Health Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of public health master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

Of the students who received a public health master's degree from Baylor, 52% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Baylor University with a master's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Public Health

If you plan to be a public health major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Baylor University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Health Education and Promotion	55

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Nursing
• Communication Sciences
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

Careers That Public Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in public 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 TX, the home state for Baylor University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Medical and Health Services Managers	30,010	$105,450
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	11,870	$75,720
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,170	$80,880
Community Health Workers	2,820	$41,640

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 Kairos14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.