Public Health, B.S. at Saint Louis University

A public health major is a perfect fit for students who are service-oriented and like to ask the bigger questions about health, understand why health differs across populations, and address health disparities and social justice on a community level in diverse local, national and global settings. As a service-oriented field, public health is a natural fit with the Jesuit mission. 

Public health professionals address challenging health-related issues in today's world, such as: How can social media be used to track disease outbreaks? How do we address the growing burden of cancer in low/middle-income countries? How do we ensure safe drinking water in communities across the globe? 

Saint Louis University's B.S. in public health was recently ranked No. 1 in Missouri and No. 27 in the nation by College Factual. The program is offered through the College for Public Health and Social Justice and is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.

Additional program highlights include:

• Immediate impact. Public health students at Saint Louis University can make an immediate impact on community health with a curriculum that emphasizes hands-on service learning and social justice.
• Evidenced-based. As public health majors, SLU students consider evidence-based approaches to addressing health issues and examine the roles of individual behavior, environment, biology, social structures and policy in determining health outcomes.
• Diverse opportunities. SLU's public health major opens the door to multiple career opportunities in diverse settings, including community organizations, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, government agencies and non-profit organizations. 
• Employment outlook. Public health has a faster-than-average job growth in a diverse workplace.
• Pre-medical studies. Pre-med students who major in public health at SLU gain a stronger understanding of how social, community, organizational, environmental, and policy factors affect the health of their future patients.