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Health Sciences & Services at University of Alabama at Birmingham

58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying health sciences and services, you may want to check out the program at University of Alabama at Birmingham. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Sciences & Services section at the bottom of this page.

UAB Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

Online Classes Are Available at UAB

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

Master’s Degree

UAB Health Sciences & Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health science programs across the country. The following shows how UAB performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health science major at UAB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Sciences & Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	147
Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	179
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	236
	251
Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools	314
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	314
Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools	350
Best Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools	354
	462
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools	567

Earnings of UAB Health Science Graduates

The median salary of health science students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAB is $29,245. This is less than $31,369, which is the national average of all health science majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Health Science Student Demographics at UAB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health science majors at University of Alabama at Birmingham.

UAB Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

100% Women

58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of health science bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in health science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UAB also has a doctoral program available in health science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Health Sciences & Services

Health Sciences & Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Alabama at Birmingham. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Health & Wellness	19

Careers That Health Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in health science 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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