Quick facts: UTHealth School of Public Health
Name |
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health; or UTHealth School of Public Health |
Founded |
1967 |
Dean |
Eric Boerwinkle, PhD |
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Highlights |
#1 School of Public Health in Texas (U.S. News & World Report 2021) #5 Public School of Public Health for NIH Funding (National Institutes of Health 2020) Named best School of Public Health for research opportunities (Intelligent, 2021) #1 Master of Public Health Degree Program (Healthcare Management Degree Guide 2019) Top 10 Schools of Public Health (College Gazette, 2019) Top 25 Schools of Public Health (U.S. News & World Report 2021) |
Number of students |
1,534 (as of Spring 2021) |
Number of faculty |
175 (as of Spring 2021) |
Number of alumni |
9,245 and counting |
Campus locations |
UTHealth School of Public Health in Austin UTHealth School of Public Health in Brownsville UTHealth School of Public Health in Dallas UTHealth School of Public Health in El Paso UTHealth School of Public Health in Houston UTHealth School of Public Health in San Antonio |
Departments |
Biostatistics and Data Science Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences Management, Policy and Community Health |
Degree programs |
44 total graduate degree programs; 8 master’s (2 online), 9 doctoral, 18 dual degrees, 9 accelerated master’s |
Certificate programs |
18 total certificate programs; 15 available to non-degree seeking students |
Centers and institutes |
16 |
Research expenditure (FY 2020) |
118 NIH awards $25,118,168 NIH funding $52,293,796 total research expenditure |