Public Health is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of South Carolina - Columbia. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in public health, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UofSC paid an average of $1,240 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $572 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $13,737 | $29,760 |
Fees | $400 | $400 |
public health who receive their doctor’s degree from UofSC make an average of $69,338 a year during the early days of their career. That is 11% higher than the national average of $62,743.
UofSC does not offer an online option for its public health doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UofSC Online Learning page.
About 63.9% of the students who received their Doctorate in public health in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 70.4%.
Around 25.0% of public health doctor’s degree recipients at UofSC in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 41%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 6 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 8 |
International Students | 18 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Public Health students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Public Health | 13 |
Environmental Health | 11 |
Public Health Education and Promotion | 12 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to public health.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Communication Sciences | 4 |
Medicine | 187 |
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 109 |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 21 |
Nursing | 18 |
*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.