2024 Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Public Health is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #14 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 39 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 2,354 master's degrees in public health to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Public Health School for Your Master's Degree

The public health master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality public health program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master'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 master'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 easy is it for public health to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public health related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Public Health Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Health in the Far Western US Region

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

10 Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Master's in Public Health

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

196 Annual Graduates

$51,640 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in public health needs to check out University of Southern California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the public health program state that they receive average early career wages of $51,640.

More information about a master’s in public health from University of Southern California

2

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

186 Annual Graduates

$65,411 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat University of California - Los Angeles if you wish to pursue a master's degree in public health. UCLA is a very large public university located in the city of Los Angeles.

Public Health master's degree recipients from University of California - Los Angeles get an earnings boost of about $12,774 above the typical earnings of public health graduates.

More information about a master’s in public health from University of California - Los Angeles

3

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

248 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in public health needs to check out University of California - Berkeley. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in public health from University of California - Berkeley

4

Stanford University
Stanford, CA

31 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Stanford University if you want to pursue a master's degree in public health. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in public health from Stanford University

5

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

139 Annual Graduates

$60,648 Median Starting Salary

UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the large city of Seattle.

Master's recipients from the public health major at University of Washington - Seattle Campus get $8,011 above the average graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in public health from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

6

Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CA

43 Annual Graduates

$50,003 Median Starting Salary

Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Loma Linda.

Students who graduate with their master's from the public health program state that they receive average early career earnings of $50,003.

More information about a master’s in public health from Loma Linda University

7

Touro University California
Vallejo, CA

67 Annual Graduates

$96,104 Median Starting Salary

TUC is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Vallejo.

Those public health students who get their master's degree from Touro University California earn $43,467 more than the average public health grad.

More information about a master’s in public health from Touro University California

8

San Diego State University
San Diego, CA

109 Annual Graduates

$53,580 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the public health program report average early career wages of $53,580.

More information about a master’s in public health from San Diego State University

9

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

30 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in public health from University of California - San Diego

10

Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR

74 Annual Graduates

$58,685 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Portland, OHSU is a public university with a small student population.

Those public health students who get their master's degree from Oregon Health & Science University receive $6,048 more than the standard public health grad.

More information about a master’s in public health from Oregon Health & Science University

Best Public Health Colleges by State

Explore the best public health colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	1,797
Washington	183	173
Oregon	158	211
Nevada	105	104
Hawaii	85	28
Alaska	52	41

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Rankings in Majors Related to Public Health

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Public Health has other similar majors worth exploring.

Public Health Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Health	1,764
International Public Health/International Health	188
Other Public Health	185
Health/Medical Physics	63
Environmental Health	48
Public Health Education and Promotion	41
Health Services Administration	30
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	20
Behavioral Aspects of Health	11
Maternal and Child Health	4

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	3,429
Mental & Social Health Services	1,885
Health & Medical Administrative Services	1,198
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	1,095
Allied Health Professions	1,067
Communication Sciences	931
Alternative Medicine & Systems	451
Health Sciences & Services	342
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	225
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	208

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.