2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for International Public Health/International Health in District of Columbia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Public Health/International Health Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

International Public Health/International Health is the 440th most popular major in the country with 1,599 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across District of Columbia, there were 90 international public health/international health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 62 international public health/international health graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Public Health/International Health Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in international public health/international health. That schools that top this list have a program in international public health/international health in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Public Health/International Health Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree international public health/international health students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for International Public Health/International Health in District of Columbia

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Public Health/International Health Major in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 39 diplomas to qualified masters’s international public health/international health students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about International Public Health/International Health at GWU

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Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

#1 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Public Health/International Health Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified masters’s international public health/international health students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about International Public Health/International Health at Georgetown

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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