by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Public Health. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Public Health is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Nevada - Reno. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in public health, 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 UNR paid an average of $624 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $297 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 | $5,657 | $21,310 |
| Fees | $661 | $661 |
public health who receive their master’s degree from UNR make an average of $52,941 a year during the early days of their career. That is 7% higher than the national average of $49,599.
Online degrees for the UNR public health master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UNR Online Learning page.
Women made up around 77.8% 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%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 31.5% of the public health master’s degrees at UNR in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 43%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 4 |
| Black or African American | 4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 37 |
| International Students | 0 |
| 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 | 54 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 22 |
| Nursing | 30 |
*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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