If you plan on majoring in epidemiology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #280 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of epidemiology. Combined, these schools handed out 312 degrees in epidemiology to qualified students.
Your choice of epidemiology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for epidemiology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The epidemiology 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 Epidemiology Schools in Massachusetts.
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The schools below may not offer all types of epidemiology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in epidemiology has to look into Harvard University. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were roughly 129 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent year we have data available.
Boston University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in epidemiology. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. This university ranks 6th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 136 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year.
University of Massachusetts Amherst is a good option for students pursuing a degree in epidemiology. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 15 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent data year.
Tufts University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in epidemiology. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Medford. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.
There were roughly 32 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year.
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).
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Your choice of epidemiology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for epidemiology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
