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Major Overview for Public Health Education and Promotion

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Overview for 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.

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Colleges Offering a Major in Public Health Education and Promotion

Top 40 U.S. Colleges with the most degrees awarded of Public Health Education and Promotion among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded*/
Percentage
SelectivityCost*
Brigham Young University-Idaho
Rexburg, ID
117
(5.1%)
Minimally Selective$8,810
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
106
(2.2%)
Minimally Selective$12,488
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
81
(1.7%)
Most Selective$47,309
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
56
(1.6%)
Minimally Selective$12,418
Coastal Carolina University
Conway, SC
55
(5.5%)
Moderately Selective$15,294
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus
Stillwater, OK
49
(1.3%)
Minimally Selective$12,698
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
47
(1.4%)
Minimally Selective$14,962
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
43
(0.7%)
Moderately Selective$13,754
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC
42
(1.9%)
Minimally Selective$11,730
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
36
(0.7%)
Moderately Selective$20,320
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* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.