General Public Health at Columbia Southern University

If you are interested in studying general public health, you may want to check out the program at Columbia Southern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Columbia Southern University is located in Orange Beach, Alabama and has a total student population of 18,533.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Public Health section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia Southern University General Public Health Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in General Public Health

Online Classes Are Available at Columbia Southern University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Columbia Southern University offers distance education options for general public health at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

Columbia Southern University General Public Health Rankings

General Public Health Student Demographics at Columbia Southern University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general public health majors at Columbia Southern University.

Columbia Southern University General Public Health Master’s Program

77% Women

42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of general public health master's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in general public health each year. Columbia Southern University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia Southern University with a master's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Careers That General Public Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in general public health can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for Columbia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Medical and Health Services Managers	3,240	$101,560
Health Specialties Professors	1,960	$108,310
Community Health Workers	760	$42,830

References

*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.

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