Public Health at Oakwood University

If you plan to study public health, take a look at what Oakwood University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Oakwood is located in Huntsville, Alabama and has a total student population of 1,374.

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.

Oakwood Public Health Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Health

Online Classes Are Available at Oakwood

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Oakwood offers distance education options for public health at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Oakwood Public Health Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Public Health Student Demographics at Oakwood

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

Oakwood Public Health Master’s Program

Of the 2 public health students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Oakwood, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the public health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
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 Oakwood University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Public Health	2

Related Majors

• Health Sciences & Services
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Health/Medical Prep Programs
• Other Health Professions

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 AL, the home state for Oakwood University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Medical and Health Services Managers	3,240	$101,560
Health Specialties Professors	1,960	$108,310
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	1,290	$71,000
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	840	$67,630
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

More about our data sources and methodologies.