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CIP PROGRAM: 51.2202
Environmental Health.

Summary: 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.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Related Occupations

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 17 392 583
2021 17 358 641
2022 31 355 694
2023 21 369 683
2024 12 378 798
Change +23.53% -5.87% +17.15%

Related CIPs

51 HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
51.22 Public Health.
51.2201 Public Health, General.
51.2202 Environmental Health.
51.2205 Health/Medical Physics.
51.2206 Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene.
51.2207 Public Health Education and Promotion.
51.2208 Community Health and Preventive Medicine.
51.2209 Maternal and Child Health.
51.2210 International Public Health/International Health.
51.2211 Health Services Administration.
51.2212 Behavioral Aspects of Health.
51.2213 Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality.
51.2214 Public Health Genetics.
51.2280 Reserved.
51.2299 Public Health, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Environmental Health.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change

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