Environmental Health

A program that focuses on the application of environmental sciences, public health, the biomedical sciences, and environmental toxicology to the study of environmental factors affecting human health, safety, and related ecological issues, and prepares individuals to function as professional environmental health specialists. Includes instruction in epidemiology, biostatistics, toxicology, public policy analysis, public management, risk assessment, communications, environmental law, occupational health and safety emergency response, and applications such as air quality, food protection, radiation protection, solid and hazardous waste management, water quality, soil quality, noise abatement, housing quality, and environmental control of recreational areas.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 83 institutions across the United States, with a total of 4338 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

378

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

105

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

798

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

122

degrees awarded

Other Awards

2,902

awards given

Top Schools for Environmental Health

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	495
2	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	252
3	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	231
4	Emory University Atlanta, GA	219
5	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	192
6	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	174
7	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	141
8	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	141
9	University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD	132
10	University of Georgia Athens, GA	102
11	Boston University Boston, MA	99
12	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	99
13	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	96
14	New York Medical College Valhalla, NY	81
15	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	78
16	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	72
17	Missouri Southern State University Joplin, MO	68
18	Fort Valley State University Fort Valley, GA	57
19	Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI	57
20	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	54
21	University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences San Juan, PR	54
22	George Washington University Washington, DC	54
23	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	54
24	Columbus State Community College Columbus, OH	52
25	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	51
26	New York University New York, NY	51
27	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	51
28	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	48
29	Yale University New Haven, CT	48
30	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	45
31	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX	45
32	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	45
33	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID	42
34	Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY	36
35	Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY	36
36	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	33
37	Portland State University Portland, OR	33
38	Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR	33
39	CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	33
40	Alaska Pacific University Anchorage, AK	30
41	Illinois State University Normal, IL	30
42	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	30
43	Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC	30
44	East Central University Ada, OK	27
45	East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN	27
46	Virginia Union University Richmond, VA	27
47	Roane State Community College Harriman, TN	27
48	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	24
49	University of Illinois Springfield Springfield, IL	21
50	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA	21
51	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	21
52	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	21
53	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	21
54	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	21
55	Benedict College Columbia, SC	21
56	Marshall University Huntington, WV	21
57	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	18
58	University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE	18
59	Baylor University Waco, TX	18
60	The University of Montana Missoula, MT	15
61	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	12
62	CUNY York College Jamaica, NY	12
63	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	12
64	Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena, MS	12
65	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	9
66	Clarkson University Potsdam, NY	9
67	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI	9
68	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI	9
69	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	9
70	Texas Southern University Houston, TX	9
71	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	9
72	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	6
73	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	6
74	Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT	6
75	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	6
76	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	6
77	Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN	6
78	St Charles Community College Cottleville, MO	3
79	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	3
80	Capitol Technology University Laurel, MD	3
81	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	3
82	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	3
83	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	3