by our College Data Analytics TeamPublic Health is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in public health, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at UAB paid an average of $1,066 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $450 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 | $8,100 | $19,188 |
public health who receive their master’s degree from UAB make an average of $53,537 a year during the early days of their career. That is 8% higher than the national average of $49,599.
Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the public health master’s degree program at UAB. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UAB Online Learning page.
About 70.4% of the students who received their Master’s in public health in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 76.2%.
Around 33.0% of public health master’s degree recipients at UAB in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 43%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 22 |
| Black or African American | 43 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 106 |
| International Students | 34 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 19 |
Public Health students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Public Health | 173 |
| Health/Medical Physics | 8 |
| Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality | 49 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to public health.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health Sciences & Services | 7 |
| Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences | 13 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 85 |
| Allied Health Professions | 86 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 18 |
*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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