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Environmental Health at East Carolina University

Environmental Health at East Carolina University

If you plan to study environmental 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.

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.

ECU Environmental Health Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health
  • Master’s Degree in Environmental 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 environmental health for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Master’s Degree

ECU Environmental Health Rankings

Environmental Health Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Environmental Health Master’s Program

40% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 60% of environmental health master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in environmental health each year. ECU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 27% more men than average.

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In the environmental health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

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

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

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 NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors 10,090 $134,300
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 3,790 $64,850
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 2,440 $69,870
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians 310 $55,550
Epidemiologists 90 $82,820

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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