Health Education at Eastern Illinois University

Every health education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the school health education program at Eastern Illinois University stacks up to those at other schools.

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and approximately 8,626 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 15 school health education majors received their bachelor's degree from EIU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Education section at the bottom of this page.

EIU Health Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in School Health Education

EIU Health Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the school health education progam at EIU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The school health education major at EIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Value Health Education Schools	13
Most Popular Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
Most Focused Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Most Popular Health Education Schools	25
Best Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29
	32
Best Health Education Schools	37

School Health Education Student Demographics at EIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the school health education majors at Eastern Illinois University.

EIU Health Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 school health education students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from EIU, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its school health education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor's in school health education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

EIU also has a doctoral program available in school health education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Science Education
• Social Science Teacher Education
• Technical Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education

Careers That School Health Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in school health education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Eastern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Middle School Teachers	22,320	$63,860
Education Professors	4,510	$62,280

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.