Health Education at George Mason University

If you are interested in studying health education, you may want to check out the program at George Mason University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541. Of the 81 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University in 2021, 64 of them were health education majors.

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.

GMU Health Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in School Health Education

GMU Health Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks school health education programs across the country. The following shows how GMU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The school health education major at GMU 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
Most Popular Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Popular Health Education Schools	7
Best Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
	28
Most Focused Health Education Schools	33
Best Value Health Education Schools	61

School Health Education Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Health Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 64 students earned a bachelor's degree in school health education from GMU. About 39% of these graduates were women and the other 61% were men. The typical school health education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at GMU since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in school health education at GMU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	36
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

GMU 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

• Drama & Dance Education
• Music Education
• Art Education
• Modern Language 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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Middle School Teachers	17,130	$66,870

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.