by our College Data Analytics TeamPublic Health is a major offered under the health professions program of study at New York University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’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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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at NYU paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $34,704 | $34,704 |
| Fees | $2,188 | $2,188 |
NYU does not offer an online option for its public health doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the NYU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 62.5% of the public health students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 70.4%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in public health at NYU in 2019-2020, 25.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 41%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 3 |
| International Students | 3 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Public Health students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Public Health | 1 |
| Environmental Health | 7 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 3 |
| Dentistry | 386 |
| Medicine | 121 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 51 |
| Nursing | 17 |
*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.