General Public Health at Howard University

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

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 General Public Health section at the bottom of this page.

Howard General Public Health Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in General Public Health

Howard General Public Health Rankings

General Public Health Student Demographics at Howard

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

Howard General Public Health Master’s Program

75% Women

83% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of general public health master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in general public health each year. Howard does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the general public health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 83% of degree recipients. That is 32% 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 general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,580	$145,760
Community Health Workers	810	$61,770

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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