USU的公共卫生计划是美国最古老的公共卫生计划之一。它是希望攻读医学院或牙科学校的学生的热门专业，但同时也提供各种各样的其他职业机会。公共卫生专业为社区和工作场所的人们提供了促进总体健康和福利的机会。传统上，公共卫生一直致力于通过营养因素，免疫接种和环境卫生来研究和预防传染病。尽管这些问题仍然很重要，但该专业的范围已扩大到涵盖疾病预防，环境保护和健康促进的所有方面。公共卫生专业的学生可以使用许多研究设施和实验室，实习和实地研究机会以及指导来自将行业和国家实验室的丰富经验和知识带入课堂的教职员工。USU医学
USU's public health program is one of the oldest public health programs in the nation.It is a popular major for students wishing to pursue medical or dental school, but also provides a wide variety of other career possibilities. The public health profession provides opportunities to promote general health and welfare with people in the community and in the workplace. Traditionally, public health has focused on the study and prevention of communicable diseases through nutritional factors, immunization, and environmental sanitation. While these issues are still important, the profession has broadened its scope to include all aspects of disease prevention, environmental protection, and health promotion. Public health students have access to a number of research facilities and labs, internship and field study opportunities, and mentoring from faculty members that bring extensive experience and knowledge from industry and national laboratories to the classroom. USU medical school and dental school applicants have a consistently high acceptance rate, and nearly all public health students receive job offers in their discipline.