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Master’s Degrees in Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality

43 Yearly Graduations
74% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
A master's degree in patient safety and healthcare quality is offered at 2 colleges in the United States. In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 40% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 4.7% of patient safety and healthcare quality graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality Majors

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 43 students earned their master's degree in patient safety and healthcare quality. This makes it the 102nd most popular master's degree program in the country.

The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in patient safety and healthcare quality at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Master’s Degree 43

Earnings of Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality Majors With Master’s Degrees

At this time, we do not have the data to estimate the median earnings for this class of people.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to estimate the median debt for this class of people.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their master's degree in patient safety and healthcare quality. About 74.4% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 11
Women 32
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The racial-ethnic distribution of patient safety and healthcare quality master’s degree students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1
Black or African American 13
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 22
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 3
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There are 2 colleges that offer a master’s degree in patient safety and healthcare quality. Learn more about the most popular 2 below:

#1

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama
43 Yearly Graduations
74% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

University of Alabama at Birmingham tops the list of the most popular school in the U.S. for patient safety and healthcare quality majors who are seeking their master's degree. Each year, around 22,500 students seeking various degrees attend the university. The average in-state tuition for full-time undergraduates is $8,568 per year, while in-state graduate students, on average, pay $8,100 per year. The patient safety and healthcare quality program at University of Alabama at Birmingham awarded 43 master's degrees during the 2020-2021 school year. Around 40% of these students were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group, and 74% were women.

Below are some popular majors that are similar to patient safety and healthcare quality that offer master’s degrees.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
General Public Health 10,873
Health Services Administration 1,359
Other Public Health 1,076
Public Health Education & Promotion 965
Environmental Health 694

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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