2024 Best General Public Health Schools in North Carolina
7Colleges in North Carolina
627General Public Health Degrees Awarded
Ranked #39 in popularity, general public health is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Public Health Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 627 degrees in general public health during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of general public health school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Public Health School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The general public 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 General Public Health Schools in North Carolina.
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Best Schools for General Public Health in North Carolina
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 general public health degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top North Carolina Schools in General Public Health
It's hard to beat University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you wish to pursue a degree in general public health. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #43 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were roughly 299 general public health students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent year we have data available.
East Carolina University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in general public health. ECU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Greenville. A Best Colleges rank of #414 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means ECU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 45 general public health students who graduated with this degree at ECU in the most recent data year.
University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in general public health. Located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were roughly 74 general public health students who graduated with this degree at UNCW in the most recent year we have data available.
Appalachian State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general public health. Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 65 general public health students who graduated with this degree at Appalachian State in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in general public health needs to look into Wake Forest University. Wake Forest University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem. A Best Colleges rank of #128 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Wake Forest University is a great university overall.
There were about 5 general public health students who graduated with this degree at Wake Forest University in the most recent year we have data available.
Campbell is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the fringe town of Buies Creek. This university ranks 23rd out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 36 general public health students who graduated with this degree at Campbell in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #378 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNC Charlotte is a great university overall.
There were about 64 general public health students who graduated with this degree at UNC Charlotte in the most recent year we have data available.
Lenoir - Rhyne University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Hickory. This university ranks 35th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were roughly 5 general public health students who graduated with this degree at Lenoir - Rhyne University in the most recent year we have data available.
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 general public health school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Public Health School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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