2024 Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

If you pursue a master's degree in public health, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #14 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for public health students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 89 master's degrees in public health to qualified students.

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

Your choice of public health for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public health students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of public health students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt public health students go into to obtain their master'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 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The 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 Public Health Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Health in Rhode Island

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in public health.

Top Rhode Island Schools for a Master's in Public Health

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

85 Annual Graduates

$59,311 Median Starting Salary

Brown University is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in public health. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the public health program report average early career wages of $59,311.

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

2

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

2 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in public health has to check out University of Rhode Island. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in public health from University of Rhode Island

3

New England Institute of Technology
East Greenwich, RI

2 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in public health needs to look into New England Institute of Technology. New England Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of East Greenwich.More information about a master’s in public health from New England Institute of Technology

Best Public Health Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	921
Connecticut	153	139
New Hampshire	108	360
Vermont	91	42
Maine	90	147

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Public Health Related Rankings by Major

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

Public Health Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Health	39
Health Services Administration	24
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	17
International Public Health/International Health	4
Behavioral Aspects of Health	3
Health/Medical Physics	2

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Allied Health Professions	81
Nursing	62
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	48
Mental & Social Health Services	40
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	37
Health & Medical Administrative Services	36
Medical Science	35
Communication Sciences	22
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	7

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.