Public Health at University of the Incarnate Word

What traits are you looking for in a public health school? To help you decide if University of the Incarnate Word is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public health program.

UIW is located in San Antonio, Texas and approximately 7,917 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,054 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of the Incarnate Word in 2021, 11 of them were public health majors.

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.

UIW Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

UIW Public Health Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public health programs across the country. The following shows how UIW performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public health major at UIW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	178
Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	265
Best Public Health Schools	388
Most Focused Public Health Schools	498
Best Value Public Health Schools	517

Public Health Student Demographics at UIW

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

UIW Public Health Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 public health majors earned their bachelor's degree from UIW. Of these graduates, 9% were men and 91% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its 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 the Incarnate Word with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UIW also has a doctoral program available in public health. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Optometry
• Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

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 TX, the home state for University of the Incarnate Word.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Medical and Health Services Managers	30,010	$105,450
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	11,870	$75,720
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,170	$80,880
Community Health Workers	2,820	$41,640

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.