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 Samford University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in public health, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Samford paid an average of $888 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same 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 | $20,587 | $20,587 |
| Fees | $640 | $640 |
If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. Samford does offer online classes in its public health master’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Samford Online Learning page.
Women made up around 86.4% of the public health students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 76.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 18.2% of the public health master’s degrees at Samford in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 43%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 7 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 11 |
Public Health students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Public Health | 22 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to public health.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 21 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 2 |
| Allied Health Professions | 5 |
| Medical Illustration & Informatics | 4 |
| Nursing | 26 |
*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.