2024 Best Infectious Disease and Global Health Master's Degree Schools
3
Colleges in the United States
11
Master's Degrees
Infectious Disease and Global Healthmaster's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #912 out of the 1172 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for infectious disease and global health students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 11 master's degrees in infectious disease and global health during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Infectious Disease and Global Health School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of infectious disease and global health for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality infectious disease and global health program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to infectious disease and global health students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other infectious disease and global health students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized infectious disease and global health related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for infectious disease and global health students working on their master's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The infectious disease and global health school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Infectious Disease and Global Health Master's Degree Schools.
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Featured Infectious Disease and Global Health Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.