Degrees in Environmental Health – Minnesota Environmental Health Association

The following universities in the upper Midwest offer degrees in Environmental Health:

University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire: Bachelor of Science and Master of Science
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus: Master of Public Health, Master of Science, Doctorate
Dickinson University, Dickinson, North Dakota: Bachelor of Science

Other colleges and universities accredited by the National Environmental Health Science & Protection Accreditation Council offer undergraduate EH degrees and graduate EH degrees.

A degree in environmental health is not required to work in this profession. The educational requirements to become a Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS) in Minnesota simply require a baccalaureate or postbaccalaureate degree in environmental health, sanitary science, sanitary engineering, or other related environmental health field which includes at least 30 semester or 45 quarter hour credits in the physical or biological sciences. Click here for a list of approved science courses that meet this requirement.