Strong Career Outlook
Our graduates work in notable positions in communities across the United States and around the world. Alumni work in public health, with more than half employed in community, nonprofit, and government agencies. The data below are from a survey of 208 COHPH MPH alumni who graduated between 2004 and 2018.
Successful Employment
99%
employed full time
100%
employed in public health
37%
outside Washington state
Alumni Across the Country and World
29
states
8
countries
COPHP Alumni Jobs
Data from the 2024 HSPop alumni career outcomes survey (106 alumni respondents):
Where They Work:
- 24% Academic institutions:
- 22% Post-secondary (University, community college, etc.)
- 2% Elementary or secondary
- 28% Government departments and agencies
- 21% Local government departments:
- 17% Local county or city health departments
- 4% Local non health departments
- 5% State government health departments
- 2% U.S. Federal government agencies
- 21% Local government departments:
- 22% Non-profits
- 11% Non-profits (Foundation, non-governmental org)
- 10% Non-profits (Other non-profit organization)
- 1% Trade association or similar non-profit
- 11% Health care organizations
- 6% Health care providers
- 3% Managed health care organizations (e.g., HMO, PPO)
- 2% Hospitals
- 11% For-profit firms
- 6% Marketing, PR, or communications, or other for-profit firms
- 3% Consulting firms
- 2% Health Information Technology firms
- 4% Self-Employed
Some of Their Job Titles and Employers:
- Executive Director, Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health
- Field Office Director for WA State, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Community Health Equity Manager, Broadview Planning
- Associate Director for Implementation, UW, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Professor, Bryn Mawr College, Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research
- Community Engagement Associate, Consor
- Quality and Performance Improvement Manager, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Hawaii
- Public Health Evaluator, Frey Evaluation, LLC
- Co-Executive Director, Center for Health Progress
- Epidemiologist, Public Health – Seattle & King County
- Editorial Director, MedLitera
- Health Promotion Coordinator, Tacoma Pierce County Health Department
- Training and Outreach Manager, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
- Research and Evaluation Specialist, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Senior Director of Community Health Communications, Kaiser Permanente
- Healthy Communities Specialist, Snohomish County Health Department
- Communications Specialist, Public Health – Seattle & King County
- Deputy Director, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
- Clinical Quality Consultant, Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Specialist, New Orleans Health Department
- Public Health Services Supervisor, Public Health Seattle & King County
- Policy Director – Child and Family Health, Colorado Children’s Campaign
- Climate and Environmental Justice Associate, City of Seattle – Office of Sustainability and Environment
- Director of Innovation, North Sound ACH
- Healthcare Emergency Management Specialist, Snohomish County Health Department