General Public Health at University of Alabama at Birmingham

If you plan to study general public health, take a look at what University of Alabama at Birmingham has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 students attend the school each year.

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.

UAB General Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Public Health
• Master’s Degree in General Public Health

UAB General Public Health Rankings

The general public health major at UAB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Public Health. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in general public health, making the school the #43 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Public Health Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of general public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general public health bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	42
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	37
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UAB General Public Health Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of general public health master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in general public health each year. UAB does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	60
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	107
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Related Majors

• Health/Medical Physics
• Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality

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 University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.