Our more than 1,600 students represent a diverse mix of ages, nationalities and experience levels.

• More than 1,000 attend classes on campus.
• Another 600 study from home or work via distance-learning courses.

In addition to taking classes, many of our students provide public health services and conduct research “in the field” – in communities as close as Chapel Hill and Carrboro and as distant as Vietnam and Malawi. 

Around 80 percent of our students are working toward a degree.  In 2006-2007:

• 479 students are working toward a doctorate
• 725 students are working on a master’s degree
• 114 students are undergraduates
• 385 public health practitioners are taking courses to earn a certificate.

Of our degree-seeking students, more than 70 percent are female, and about two-thirds are from North Carolina. In addition:

• 10 percent are African American
• 17 percent are Asian
• 3 percent are Hispanic or Latino
• 66 percent are Caucasian
• 4 percent represent other ethnicities

• 560 for the verbal section
• 656 on the quantitative section
• 622 for the analytical section.