by our College Data Analytics TeamPublic Health is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in public health, such as diversity 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 UPR Medical Sciences paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,840 | $6,840 |
| Fees | $3,300 | $3,300 |
Online degrees for the UPR Medical Sciences public health doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UPR Medical Sciences Online Learning page.
Women made up around 83.3% of the public health students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 70.4%.
Of those students who received a doctor’s degree in public health at UPR Medical Sciences in 2019-2020, all were racial-ethnic minorities*.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 0 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Public Health students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Environmental Health | 3 |
| Other Public Health | 3 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to public health.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 5 |
| Dentistry | 54 |
| Medicine | 106 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 43 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 17 |
*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.