by our College Data Analytics TeamPublic Health is a major offered under the health professions program of study at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. 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, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UTHealth paid an average of $912 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $235 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,984 | $31,005 |
| Fees | $1,899 | $1,899 |
UTHealth 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 UTHealth Online Learning page.
Women made up around 80.0% of the public health students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 70.4%.
Around 40.0% of public health doctor’s degree recipients at UTHealth in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 41%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 3 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Public Health students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Environmental Health | 3 |
| Public Health Education and Promotion | 7 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dentistry | 104 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 1 |
| Medicine | 242 |
| Medical Science | 1 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 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.