Community Health and Preventive Medicine at The University of Alabama

Every community health and preventive medicine school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the community health and preventive medicine program at The University of Alabama stacks up to those at other schools.

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and has a total student population of 37,840.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Community Health and Preventive Medicine section at the bottom of this page.

UA Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

UA Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

Community Health and Preventive Medicine Student Demographics at UA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the community health and preventive medicine majors at The University of Alabama.

UA Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of community health and preventive medicine master's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in community health and preventive medicine each year. UA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 28% more men than average.

Of the students who received a community health and preventive medicine master's degree from UA, 91% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Alabama with a master's in community health and preventive medicine.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Other Public Health
• General Public Health

Careers That Community Health and Preventive Medicine Grads May Go Into

A degree in community health and preventive medicine can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Medical and Health Services Managers	3,240	$101,560
Community Health Workers	760	$42,830

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 Deutschlandreform under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.