Public Health Education and Promotion

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.

Of the 121 Public Health Education and Promotion degrees granted each year at the Associates degree level, 81% percent are awarded to women and the other 19% percent are men. Did you know that Pennsylvania has more students being granted a degree in Public Health Education and Promotion than any other state? In fact, Pennsylvania granted 44 degrees last year! The average starting salary for an undergraduate degree in Public Health Education and Promotion is $38,300.