Epidemiology

A program that focuses on the scientific study of disease, disability, and trauma patterns within and across populations and the development of health management mechanisms to prevent and control disease outbreaks and injurious behaviors. Includes instruction in biostatistics, biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, disease and injury determinants, genetic disease and disability factors, behavioral studies, health services research, environmental disease and injury factors, and population studies.

Colorado grants the most Bachelors degrees in Epidemiology of all US states with 74 degrees being granted last year. Students wanting to major in Epidemiology can expect approximately 82% percent of their classmates to be women and 18% percent of their classmates to be male. The majority students graduating in this field earn a Masters degree. The average starting salary for an undergraduate degree in Epidemiology is $42,090.