by our College Data Analytics TeamPublic Health is a major offered under the health professions program of study at San Diego State University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in public health, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,176 | $16,680 |
| Fees | $1,978 | $1,978 |
public health who receive their master’s degree from SDSU make an average of $59,011 a year during the early days of their career. That is 19% higher than the national average of $49,599.
Online degrees for the SDSU 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 SDSU Online Learning page.
About 76.2% of the students who received their Master’s in public health in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 76.2%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in public health at SDSU in 2019-2020, 50.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 43%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 21 |
| Black or African American | 7 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 17 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 45 |
| International Students | 3 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Public Health students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Public Health | 88 |
| Health/Medical Physics | 6 |
| International Public Health/International Health | 5 |
| Other Public Health | 2 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to public health.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 40 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 19 |
| Nursing | 35 |
*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.
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