2024 Best General Public Health Schools in Tennessee
6Colleges in Tennessee
256General Public Health Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in general public health, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #39 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 6 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general public health. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 256 degrees in general public health during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The general public health program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Public Health rankings. For our Best Overall General Public Health School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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 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 Tennessee.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
Best Schools for General Public Health in Tennessee
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general public health degree levels they offer.
It's hard to beat Vanderbilt University if you wish to pursue a degree in general public health. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were roughly 25 general public health students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general public health. UT Knoxville is a very large public university located in the city of Knoxville. A Best Colleges rank of #173 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UT Knoxville is a great university overall.
There were approximately 29 general public health students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent year we have data available.
East Tennessee State University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in general public health. ETSU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Johnson City. This university ranks 11th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 97 general public health students who graduated with this degree at ETSU in the most recent data year.
University of Memphis is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in general public health. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 32 general public health students who graduated with this degree at UofM in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Nashville, Belmont is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #206 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Belmont is a great university overall.
There were roughly 4 general public health students who graduated with this degree at Belmont in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Nashville, Tennessee State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 28th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 41 general public health students who graduated with this degree at Tennessee State University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Memphis, Christian Brothers is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 19th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 5 general public health students who graduated with this degree at Christian Brothers 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).