Public Health at Howard University

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

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 10,859 students attend the school each year.

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.

Howard Public Health Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Health

Howard Public Health Rankings

Public Health Student Demographics at Howard

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

Howard Public Health Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of public health master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in public health each year. Howard does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the public health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 83% of degree recipients. That is 34% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Howard University with a master's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Public Health

If you plan to be a public health major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Howard University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Public Health	9

Related Majors

• Nursing
• Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences
• Communication Sciences
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Dentistry

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 DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,600	$115,190
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,580	$145,760
Community Health Workers	810	$61,770
Physicists	670	$144,300

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
• Image Credit: By Josh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.