2024 Best Epidemiology Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Epidemiology is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #74 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for epidemiology students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 38 doctor's degrees in epidemiology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on epidemiology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other epidemiology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor'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 epidemiology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for epidemiology students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Epidemiology Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Epidemiology Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list, to help you choose the best school for you.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Epidemiology in Massachusetts

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in epidemiology.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Doctorate in Epidemiology

1

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in epidemiology needs to take a look at Harvard University. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from Harvard University

2

Boston University
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

Boston University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in epidemiology. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from Boston University

Best Epidemiology Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Epidemiology Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Rhode Island	119	4

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Epidemiology Related Rankings by Major

Epidemiology is one of 11 different types of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Epidemiology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
[Biological Systematics](/majors/biological-biomedical-sciences/ecology-evolution-systematics-population-biology/Biological Systematics/rankings/best-graduate-schools/doctorate-degrees/new-england/massachusetts/)	8
Marine Biology	7
Evolutionary Biology	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ernst Haeckel. More about our data sources and methodologies.