by our College Data Analytics TeamEpidemiology is a concentration offered under the ecology, evolution and systematics biology major at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in epidemiology, 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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Out-of-state part-time graduates at UTHealth paid an average of $912 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $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 epidemiology master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UTHealth Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in epidemiology in 2019-2020, 72.4% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 73.4%.
Around 44.9% of epidemiology master’s degree recipients at UTHealth in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 32%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 16 |
| Black or African American | 9 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 32 |
| International Students | 17 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 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.