If you plan on majoring in health education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #319 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 75 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Health Education Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,801 degrees in health education to qualified students.
Your choice of health education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Health Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The school health education 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 Health Education Schools.
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Best Schools for Health Education in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the school health education degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It's hard to beat Teachers College at Columbia University if you want to pursue a degree in health education. Teachers College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #12 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Teachers College is a great university overall.
There were roughly 34 health education students who graduated with this degree at Teachers College in the most recent year we have data available.
Brigham Young University - Provo is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in health education. Located in the midsize city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 1 health education students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat North Dakota State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in health education. Located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #242 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means North Dakota State University is a great university overall.
There were about 9 health education students who graduated with this degree at North Dakota State University in the most recent data year.
Indiana University - Bloomington is a great option for students interested in a degree in health education. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.
There were about 101 health education students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Central Michigan University if you wish to pursue a degree in health education. Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 16 health education students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan in the most recent data year.
EWU is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Cheney. This university ranks 14th out of 51 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 22 health education students who graduated with this degree at EWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public university located in the city of Mankato. This university ranks 13th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 16 health education students who graduated with this degree at Minnesota State Mankato in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Bronx, Lehman is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 57th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 42 health education students who graduated with this degree at Lehman in the most recent data year.
Illinois State is a fairly large public university located in the midsize suburb of Normal. A Best Colleges rank of #231 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Illinois State is a great university overall.
There were about 27 health education students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent year we have data available.
Hofstra is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Hempstead. This university ranks 37th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 14 health education students who graduated with this degree at Hofstra in the most recent year we have data available.
NAU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Flagstaff. A Best Colleges rank of #278 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NAU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 3 health education students who graduated with this degree at NAU in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Winona, Winona State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 17th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 8 health education students who graduated with this degree at Winona State in the most recent data year.
USU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Logan. This university ranks 5th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were roughly 66 health education students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Health Education Schools award.
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).