The main focus area for this major is Health Services Administration. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Public Health is a major offered under the health professions program of study at St Petersburg College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in public health, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at SPC was ranked #276 on College Factual's Best Schools for public health list. It is also ranked #9 in Florida.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at SPC was $387 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $112 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $1,943 | $7,774 |
Fees | $739 | $1,512 |
Books and Supplies | $1,600 | $1,600 |
Learn more about SPC tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Public Health students who received their bachelor’s degree at SPC took out an average of $38,750 in student loans. That is 54% higher than the national average of $25,159.
public health who receive their bachelor’s degree from SPC make an average of $42,682 a year during the early days of their career. That is 33% higher than the national average of $32,049.
If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. SPC does offer online classes in its public health bachelor’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SPC Online Learning page.
About 87.2% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in public health in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 80.5%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 29.8% of the public health bachelor’s degrees at SPC in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 50%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 3 |
Black or African American | 15 |
Hispanic or Latino | 9 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 63 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Public Health students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Health Services Administration | 94 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Dental Support Services | 58 |
Nursing | 219 |
*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.