by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Public Health. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Public Health is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Loyola University Chicago. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in public health, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Loyola Chicago was $1,033 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $18,594 | $18,594 |
| Fees | $560 | $560 |
The median early career salary of public health students who receive their master’s degree from Loyola Chicago is $55,547 per year. That is 12% higher than the national average of $49,599.
Online degrees for the Loyola Chicago public health master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Loyola Chicago Online Learning page.
Women made up around 77.8% of the public health students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 76.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 51.9% of the public health master’s degrees at Loyola Chicago in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 43%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 6 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 5 |
| International Students | 5 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Public Health students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Public Health | 27 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 20 |
| Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 13 |
| Bioethics/Medical Ethics | 22 |
| Nursing | 79 |
| Other Health Professions | 5 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.