Public Health Education and Promotion

STEM • Health Professions And Related Programs

What is it about?

A program that focuses on the application of educational and communications principles and methods to the promotion of preventive health measures and the education of targeted populations on health issues, and prepares individuals to function as public health educators and health promotion specialists. Includes instruction in human development, health issues across the life span, population-specific health issues, principles and methods of public health education, administration of health education campaigns and programs, evaluation methods, public communications, and applications to specific public health subjects and issues.

Numbers at a glance

101st
Popular nationwide
344
Search Rank on O's List
76
Colleges offer it
3,206
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
604
Women
2,602

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O's Insights on Public Health Education and Promotion

  • Major has been stable in popularity over the last 5 years after increasing prior to that.
  • 75% of graduates come from public universities.

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