ASPPH, with faculty from Columbia, Louisville, and Minnesota, released a new report on employment of public health graduates. This first-ever broad-based study of over 53,000 public health graduates from 2015-2018 was conducted to understand the future public health workforce. Using ASPPH Annual Data, results showed: 

• 73% of graduates were employed; 15% enrolled in further education; 5% entered a fellowship, internship, residency, volunteer, or service program; and 6% were not employed.  
• Employed graduates went to work in health care (27%), corporations (24%), academia (19%), government (17%), nonprofit (12%), and other sectors (1%).  
• In 2018, 9% of bachelor’s, 4% of master’s, and 2% of doctoral graduates were not employed but seeking employment. 

Overall, today’s public health graduates are successful in finding employment in various sectors and this new workforce may expand public health’s reach and lead to healthier communities overall. 

The article, “First-Destination Outcomes for 2015-2018 Public Health Graduates: Focus on Employment” was published online in the American Journal of Public Health. See a corresponding infographic, in addition to other education research, on the ASPPH website.  

Contact Christine Plepys with any questions at cplepys@aspph.org.