Public Health at East Carolina University

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

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and has a total student population of 28,798. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 students received their master's degree in public health.

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.

ECU Public Health Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Health

Online Classes Are Available at ECU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

ECU does offer online education options in public health for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

ECU Public Health Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in public health, making the school the #110 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Health Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Public Health Master’s Program

Of the 55 public health students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from ECU, about 25% were men and 75% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in public health each year. ECU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a public health master's degree from ECU, 67% 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 East Carolina University with a master's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	37
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Dentistry

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 NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Medical and Health Services Managers	9,230	$117,650
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,790	$64,850
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,440	$69,870
Community Health Workers	810	$41,610

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 Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.