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Public Health at Howard University

Every public health school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public health program at Howard University stacks up to those at other schools.

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 10,859.

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

Howard Public Health Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Public Health

Howard Public Health Rankings

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Public Health Student Demographics at Howard

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

Howard Public Health Master’s Program

89% Women
89% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students graduated with a master's degree in public health from Howard. About 11% were men and 89% were women.

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In the public health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 89% of degree recipients. That is 41% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Public Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 1,600 $115,190
Medical and Health Services Managers 1,580 $145,760
Community Health Workers 810 $61,770
Physicists 670 $144,300

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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