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Environmental Health at Cornell University

Environmental Health at Cornell University

If you are interested in studying environmental health, you may want to check out the program at Cornell University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 students attend the school each year.

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.

Cornell Environmental Health Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Environmental Health

Cornell Environmental Health Rankings

Environmental Health Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Environmental Health Master’s Program

77% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 23% of environmental health master's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

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In the environmental health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 7
International Students 19
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors 22,170 $127,230
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 4,400 $79,340
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 3,780 $76,020
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians 850 $61,850
Epidemiologists 210 $91,880

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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