About the Gillings School of Global Public Health
Ranked #1 public school of public health by U.S. News & World Report and tied for #2 overall (ranked in 2015 for the 2016 edition)
Founded in 1940 as the first public health school within a state university and the fourth school of public health in the U.S.
One of 56 schools and 111 programs of public health in the United States, Puerto Rico and Mexico accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health
UNC is one of only a few universities in the nation with all essential health science schools (public health, medicine, pharmacy, nursing and dentistry) located on the same campus.
Eight Academic Units
Biostatistics
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Epidemiology
Health Behavior
Health Policy and Management
Maternal and Child Health
Nutrition
Public Health Leadership Program
1,596 students (fall 2015)
65 percent – residents of North Carolina
19 percent – online learners
46 percent – identified as a race/ethnicity other than Caucasian/white
11 percent – international
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