What can you do with a public health degree? Whether you prefer crunching numbers, want to work with people, or feel that research is your thing, there are public health degree jobs and careers for you. With your public health major, you can move immediately into a rewarding public health career. Still, more options are available to those interested in further graduate study or specialized training.
opportunities for research
individualized academic advising for focused career guidance
a full semester of field experiences within diverse organizations
At Saint Francis, we offer a degree public health degree program embedded in the liberal arts tradition. That means:
Our Public Health Program prepares students for a variety of public health job by providing:
In 2022 our Public Health graduates demonstrated 100% pass rates of the Public Health Program, 100 Item Competency Exam.
Public Health is an evidence-based science of protecting and improving the health of human populations through education, research, and community-wide interventions. The Public Health program at Saint Francis University consists of an interdisciplinary curriculum to best foster the examination of population health from a broad, integrated, liberal arts perspective.
Tailor your degree with specialization paths:
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Degree Path |
Plan of Study |
Course Catalog |
Offered |
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Public Health B.S. |
Plan of Study | Course Catalog - 23/24 | On-Campus |
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Public Health B.A. |
Plan of Study | Course Catalog - 23/24 | On-Campus |
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Public Health (Accelerated MPH), B.S./B.A. |
Course Catalog - 23/24 | On-Campus | |
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Public Health B.A. |
Plan of Study | Course Catalog - 23/24 | On-line |
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Concentration |
Plan of Study |
Course Catalog |
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Public Health, Bachelor of Science Environmental Science Concentration |
Plan of Study | Course Catalog - 23/24 |
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Public Health, Bachelor of Science Epidemiology Concentration |
Plan of Study | Course Catalog - 23/24 |
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Public Health, Bachelor of Science Health Policy Administrator Concentration |
Course Catalog - 23/24 | |
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Public Health, Bachelor of Science Pre-Medicine Concentration |
Plan of Study | Course Catalog - 23/24 |
With your public health degree, you will be able to:
Dr. Theresa M. Horner
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With your public health degree, you can move immediately into a rewarding public health career. Still, more options are available to those interested in further graduate study or specialized training. A public health degree can serve as the foundation for careers in most master's programs.
As a graduate with a public health major, you can enter fields such as:
Public Health begins with an undergraduate degree that prepares you to work with people to improve health, prevent disease and make a difference in their lives. It is a fast-growing field with a wide variety of entry level public health degree jobs locally, nationally, and globally.
With a public health degree, you will learn to understand how people make decisions about their health and using that knowledge, you can support them in making healthy changes. You can also help people navigate the complex health system, answer questions about health insurances, design health programs, manage projects, and interpret and translate scientific information for the public. You will become an expert in identifying valid health data and effective programs, compiling and writing grants, making complex decisions, solving health-puzzles, and creating health education and marketing materials like movies, flyers, posters and more.
Many organizations hire public health professionals, such as government organizations, universities, hospitals, doctor's offices, nonprofit organizations, or schools. As a public health professional, some of the many areas you can work in include maternal and child health, disaster response and preparedness, infectious disease investigation, research, environmental health, workplace safety, child abuse awareness and reduction, community health, etc.
