Community Health and Preventive Medicine at The University of Alabama

What traits are you looking for in a community health and preventive medicine school? To help you decide if The University of Alabama is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's community health and preventive medicine program.

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and approximately 37,840 students attend the school each year.

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

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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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a master's degree in community health and preventive medicine from UA. About 42% of these graduates were women and the other 58% were men. 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 41% more men than average.

Of the students who received a community health and preventive medicine master's degree from UA, 92% 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	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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.