2024 Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia

a doctor's degree in public health is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #32 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for public health students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 20 doctor's degrees in public health to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to public health students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other public health students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt public health students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public health related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for public health students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Public Health Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Public Health in Virginia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in public health.

Top Virginia Schools for a Doctorate in Public Health

1

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

7 Annual Graduates

Virginia Commonwealth University is a good decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in public health. VCU is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Richmond.More information about a doctorate in public health from Virginia Commonwealth University

2

Radford University
Radford, VA

10 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Radford University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in public health. Located in the small suburb of Radford, Radford is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in public health from Radford University

Best Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	54
Georgia	126	64
North Carolina	115	13
Mississippi	113	10
Louisiana	103	19
Tennessee	102	12
Alabama	98	3
South Carolina	91	17
Kentucky	87	7
Arkansas	58	4
West Virginia	49	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Public Health

Public Health is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Public Health Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Health	10
Public Health Education and Promotion	6
Other Public Health	4

Most Popular Majors Related to Public Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	1,144
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	471
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	378
Allied Health Professions	283
Nursing	237
Dentistry	105
Health & Medical Administrative Services	35
Alternative Medicine & Systems	32
Other Health Professions	13
Communication Sciences	8

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr. More about our data sources and methodologies.