Table 3.
Factors associated with majors, minors, concentrations, or ISs in PH/GH
| Pathway | No Pathway | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous variables | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | P values |
| Ranking | 78 (52) | 96 (52) | 0.040* |
| Enrollment | 1,772 (649) | 1,554 (797) | 0.054 |
| Annual tuition ($) | 41,023 (10,050) | 35,927 (11,765) | 0.002 |
| Annual cost to student minus financial support ($) | 23,443 (3,475) | 22,934 (3,656) | 0.621 |
| Proportion who receive grants or scholarships | 0.58 (0.15) | 0.60 (0.15) | 0.623 |
| Proportion international students | 0.08 (0.06) | 0.06 (0.05) | 0.029 |
| Proportion acceptance rate | 0.54 (0.21) | 0.59 (0.22) | 0.146 |
| GPA | 3.49 (0.25) | 3.46 (0.23) | 0.494 |
| Mid-range SAT scores | 1,180 (152) | 1,137 (159) | 0.066 |
| Course scores | 6.8 (2.5) | 2.9 (2.3) | 0.0001* |
| Pathway | No Pathway | Relative risk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Categorical variables | N (%) | N (%) | (95% CI) |
| Minority (≥ 32% of student enrollment) | 17 (21) | 11 (10) | 2.0 (1.0–4.1) |
| Ranked (vs. unranked) | 70 (88) | 76 (72) | 1.2 (1.1–1.4) |
| Private (vs. public) | 75 (94) | 101 (95) | 1.0 (0.9–1.1) |
| Setting: city (vs. rural/suburban) | 19 (25) | 21 (22) | 1.1 (0.6–1.9) |
| Region—Northeast is reference group | |||
| Northeast | 34 (52) | 32 (48) | 1.0 |
| Midwest | 20 (47) | 23 (50) | 0.90 (0.6–1.3) |
| South | 19 (32) | 40 (68) | 0.63 (0.4–0.97) |
| West | 7 (41) | 10 (59) | 0.80 (0.4–1.5) |
| Core PH/GH courses | |||
| Intro to PH | 47 (64) | 18 (18)‡ | 3.6 (2.3–5.7) |
| Global health | 51 (69) | 17 (17) | 4.2 (2.6–6.6) |
| Epidemiology | 50 (68) | 18 (17) | 3.9 (2.5–6.1) |
| Statistics† | 72 (97) | 75 (73) | 1.5 (1.2–1.8) |
| Environmental health | 42 (57) | 15 (15) | 3.9 (2.3–6.5) |
| Other PH/GH courses | |||
| Bioethics | 57 (77) | 54 (52) | 1.3 (1.0–1.6) |
| Health economics/Institutions | 39 (53) | 24 (23) | 2.3 (1.5–3.4) |
| Maternal/Child health | 16 (22) | 8 (8) | 2.8 (1.3–6.2) |
| Health policy | 39 (53) | 20 (19) | 2.7 (1.7–4.3) |
| Food systems/Security | 31 (42) | 22 (21) | 2.0 (1.2–3.1) |
| Medical anthropology | 36 (49) | 26 (25) | 1.9 (1.3–2.9) |
| Sociology of health | 43 (58) | 41 (40)§ | 1.4 (1.1–2.0) |
| Social/Community psychology | 48 (65) | 39 (38) | 1.7 (1.3–2.3) |
| Internship | 52 (70) | 27 (26) | 2.7 (1.9–3.8) |
| Capstone | 48 (66)† | 10 (10) | 6.8 (3.7–12.4) |
ISs = independent studies; PH/GH = public health or global health; SD = standard deviation. Bold type indicates statistically significant at 0.05 level.
*
The Mann–Whitney two-sample rank-sum test was used to compare these variables.
†
Denominator N = 73.
‡
Denominator N = 101.
§
Denominator N = 102.