by our College Data Analytics TeamPublic Health is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Massachusetts - Lowell. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’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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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UMass Lowell was $1,465 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $811 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 | $14,590 | $26,370 |
| Fees | $620 | $620 |
The median early career salary of public health students who receive their master’s degree from UMass Lowell is $52,107 per year. That is 5% higher than the national average of $49,599.
UMass Lowell does not offer an online option for its public health master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UMass Lowell Online Learning page.
Women made up around 74.5% of the public health students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 76.2%.
Around 25.5% of public health master’s degree recipients at UMass Lowell in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 43%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 8 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 21 |
| International Students | 14 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Public Health students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Public Health | 49 |
| Environmental Health | 2 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to public health.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 20 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 12 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 14 |
| Nursing | 26 |
*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.