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.

While Environmental Health has degrees up to the Doctors degree research scholarship, most students study towards a Masters degree. Students study Environmental Health all around the US, though the major at the Award of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years level has the most graduates in Ohio. The average starting salary for a graduate with a bachelor's degree in Environmental Health is $51,200.