by our College Data Analytics TeamThose considering epidemiology, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of epidemiology, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Sorted by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology | 3 | 486 |
| Environmental Health | 3 | 1,269 |
| Abdominal Radiology Fellowship Program | 2 | — |
| Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program | 2 | — |
| Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program | 2 | — |
| Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program | 2 | — |
| Allergy and Immunology Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other | 2 | — |
| Anatomy | 2 | 902 |
| Anesthesiology Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other | 2 | — |
| Biomechanics | 2 | 62 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography | 2,375 |
| Ecology | 1,201 |
| Conservation Biology | 592 |
| Environmental Biology | 449 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other | 311 |
| Evolutionary Biology | 176 |
| Epidemiology and Biostatistics | 151 |
| Aquatic Biology/Limnology | 119 |
| Systematic Biology/Biological Systematics | 18 |
| Population Biology | 10 |
Part of the broader field of Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology, epidemiology shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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