The main focus area for this major is Community Health and Preventive Medicine. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Public Health is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of the Incarnate Word. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in public health, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, 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 UIW was ranked #392 on College Factual's Best Schools for public health list. It is also ranked #20 in Texas.
Here are some of the other rankings for UIW.
Part-time undergraduates at UIW paid an average of $990 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. 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 | $31,020 | $31,020 |
Fees | $1,266 | $1,266 |
Books and Supplies | $1,400 | $1,400 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,014 | $13,014 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,115 | $3,115 |
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UIW does not offer an online option for its public health bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UIW Online Learning page.
Women made up around 93.3% of the public health students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 80.5%.
Around 66.7% of public health bachelor’s degree recipients at UIW in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 50%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 3 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Public Health students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Community Health and Preventive Medicine | 15 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health Sciences & Services | 44 |
Allied Health Professions | 13 |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 41 |
Nursing | 91 |
*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.
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