Health Education

Considering a career in health? The Health Education Department at the Borough of Manhattan Community College offers several degree programs to help you achieve your career goals.

Start Here and Go Anywhere . . .

With an associate degree in one of our programs, you will be qualified to enter the workforce, obtain additional certificates or go on to a four-year college to finish your health major. We prepare students to pursue both clinical and non-clinical health careers. Wherever you plan to go in healthcare, our degrees will help you get there. We offer degrees in:

• Community Health Education
• Public Health
• School Health Education
• Gerontology

Careers

Upon completion of one of our degrees, you will be prepared for entry level positions in the health care industry, including, community health worker, health and wellness and/or fitness coach, health educator, patient navigator or public health inspector.

Transfer Options

You will be able to continue your education in nursing, pre-med or pre-dental, school health education, physical therapy, mental health counseling, exercise science, massage therapy, nutrition, sonography/radiology, healthcare administration, environmental science or advanced public health majors. BMCC has articulation agreements with a number of schools to allow you to seamlessly transfer after completing your associate degree here.