by our College Data Analytics TeamPatient Safety and Healthcare Quality is a concentration offered under the public health major at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in patient safety and healthcare quality, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UAB was $1,066 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $450 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,100 | $19,188 |
Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the patient safety and healthcare quality master’s degree program at UAB. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UAB Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in patient safety and healthcare quality in 2019-2020, 55.1% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 56.4%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 38.8% of the patient safety and healthcare quality master’s degrees at UAB in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 42%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 15 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 28 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to patient safety and healthcare quality.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Public Health | 173 |
| Health/Medical Physics | 8 |
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*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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