Public Health at Southern New Hampshire University

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

SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and approximately 134,345 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 236 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.

SNHU Public Health Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Health

Online Classes Are Available at SNHU

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SNHU offers distance education options for public health at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SNHU Public Health Rankings

Public Health Student Demographics at SNHU

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

SNHU Public Health Master’s Program

Of the 236 students who earned a master's degree in Public Health from SNHU in 2020-2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

Of the students who received a public health master's degree from SNHU, 53% 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 Southern New Hampshire University with a master's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	65
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	125
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Related Majors

• Nursing
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Health & Medical Administrative Services

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 NH, the home state for Southern New Hampshire University.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,910	$113,210
Health Specialties Professors	750	$113,120
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	430	$74,410
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	360	$75,520
Community Health Workers	140	$49,050

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 Kylejtod at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.