Public health
4 years- You study
- Epidemiology, Health education
- Jobs
- Public health specialist
- Average for the health field · Age 25–29
- 10,500SAR
Average monthly pay in the health field for Saudi bachelor’s holders, GASTAT Labour Force Survey 2024 (1445–1446 AH)3; many earn less. Pay in a first job is usually lower.
Forecasts published in other countries for the occupation Public and environmental health and safety professionals: roughly stable (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 2026 (Safar – Rabi' al-Awwal 1448 AH); Employment and Social Development Canada, June 2025 · Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 – Muharram 1447 AH)1,2. They are not a forecast for the Saudi market, nor by DataPulse.
Where is Public health taught?
Taught at 10 universities: 10 government and 0 private.
Riyadh
- Majmaah UniversityGovernment
- Prince Mosaad bin Abdulrahman UniversityGovernment
Qassim
- Qassim UniversityGovernment · men and women
Eastern Province
- Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversityGovernment
- King Faisal UniversityGovernment
Asir
- King Khalid UniversityGovernment · men and women
- University of BishaGovernment
Hail
- University of HailGovernment
Jazan
- Jazan UniversityGovernment · men and women
Al-Baha
- Al-Baha UniversityGovernment
From university pages, admission guides and the Ministry’s Study in Saudi platform4. Gender is tagged where the university publishes it per programme.
Compare with…
A side-by-side view, not a judgement that one major is better. Figures are for the broad field, so two majors in one field share the same figures. Figures: bachelor’s, both sexes, 2024 (1445–1446 AH)35
| Public health | Pharmacy | Nursing |
|---|---|---|
| Field in the survey | ||
| Health and welfare | Health and welfare | Health and welfare |
| Length of study | ||
| 4 years | 5–6 years + internship | 4 years + internship |
| Taught at | ||
| 10 universities | 30 universities | 43 universities |
| Men | ||
| Offered | Offered | Offered |
| Women | ||
| Offered | Offered | Offered |
| Holders of the field working | ||
| 93.5% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
| Unemployment in the field | ||
| 6.5% | 6.5% | 6.5% |
| Average wage in the field (SAR) | ||
| 12,437 | 12,437 | 12,437 |
| An occupation of its graduates and generative AI | ||
| not exposed | — | — |
Availability for men and women from university pages and the Ministry’s programmes platform; last checked 24 October 2026 (13 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH).
What do Public health students learn?
Study of community health, how diseases spread, and how to prevent them.
- Epidemiology
- Health education
- Environmental health
- Biostatistics
In Arabic: الصحة العامة
How many years is Public health?
4 years. The length may differ between universities depending on the foundation year.
What jobs do Public health graduates do?
Examples of graduates’ jobs, not a full or ranked list. A job is an occupation; the major is one route to it:
- Public health specialist
- Health inspector
- Health educator
- Epidemiology researcher
Office work with field visits to centres and facilities.
- Mixed
- Sometimes shifts
- Sometimes outside the city
- Moderate physical effort
- Some travel
Professional classification and registration with the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties.
What do Public health graduates earn?
GASTAT does not publish pay for each major; this is the average for the “Health and welfare” field among Saudi bachelor’s holders, 2024 (1445–1446 AH)3.
What is unemployment in the health field?
Unemployment among Saudi graduates of the field (bachelor’s, all ages)3:
For the whole field, not this major alone. Past measurement, not a forecast.
Official decisions and signals
- The job “Health inspector” is little affected by AI. May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH) (occupation, not major)6
References
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment projections for “Occupational health and safety specialists” (BLS 19-5011), 2025–2035 (1446–1457 AH).
- Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System, “Public and environmental health and safety professionals” (COPS 21120), 2024–2033 (1445–1455 AH).
- General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Labour Force Survey: Saudi bachelor’s holders in “Health and welfare”, 2024 (1445–1446 AH).
- Programme pages on university websites, last checked 26 October 2026 (15 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH).
- International Labour Organization, global index of occupational exposure to generative AI, May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH).
- International Labour Organization · occupation code 3257, May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH).