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With an Environmental Health Sciences degree, you’ll be equipped to pursue careers in non-profit organizations, academia, government and industry. At Michigan Public Health, students prepare for leadership positions in a wide range of organizations across local, regional, state, national, and international contexts.
Our alumni build healthy cities, design sustainable products, explore the human genome, improve occupational health, impact public policy, and so much more.
This data was collected from a self-report survey of 2025 graduates from the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, administered by the Michigan Public Health Careers Office. This survey had a 86% response rate among Environmental Health Sciences graduates.
Among the graduates who responded, 84% indicated that they are employed and 12% indicated that they are currently pursuing an advanced degree, such as a Doctorate.
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Environmental Health Sciences graduates pursue a wide range of careers across industries and organizations. Salary varies based on position, experience, and sector.
The minimum salary reported was $41,600 and the maximum salary reported was $101,700.
We invite you to get in touch with us to learn more about the exciting and fulfilling
careers our graduates from the past five years have begun. Email us at ryarbro@umich.edu.
The James and Barbara Martin Scholarship did more than help Paige Jewell earn her Master of Public Health in Environmental Health Promotion and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. It inspired her to make the most of every opportunity. Now a Michigan Public Health graduate, Jewell is putting her degree to work as a standards specialist at NSF in Ann Arbor.
Michigan Public Health researcher Abas Shkembi, a PhD student in Environmental Health Sciences, has found that occupational heat deaths may be hundreds of times higher than official records show—between 3,000 and 17,000 annually versus the reported 30 to 60. His research also reveals that low-income workers, minorities and immigrants bear the greatest burden.
Chloe Thach, a first-generation student from Cleveland, found her path from medicine to public health after learning how social determinants drive food insecurity and health inequities. At the University of Michigan School of Public Health, she pursued global and community-centered research, policy impact, and mentorship—and will return for a PhD.
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