by our College Data Analytics TeamPublic Health is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Alabama at Birmingham. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’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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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UAB paid an average of $1,066 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $450 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,100 | $19,188 |
UAB 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 UAB Online Learning page.
Women made up around 50.0% 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%.
None of the public health doctor’s degree recipients at UAB in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 5 |
| International Students | 1 |
| 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 | 3 |
| Environmental Health | 3 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dentistry | 75 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 11 |
| Medicine | 186 |
| Optometry | 41 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 53 |
*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.