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2026 Highest Paid Public Health Grads in Colorado

[Public Health](/majors/health-care-professions/public-health/) is a field where your choice of school can shape what you earn after graduation. The schools below stand out for the salaries their public health graduates go on to command.

For its 2026 highest-paid-graduates ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools to find where public health graduates earn the most.

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• Highest Paid Public Health Grads in Colorado

2026 Highest Paid Public Health Grads in Colorado

Below are the schools whose public health graduates go on to earn the most.

Highest Paid Public Health Graduates

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Colorado State University Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO

$82,890 Average Early-Career Salary

For graduate earnings in public health, no school beat Colorado State University Fort Collins this year. Set in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State University Fort Collins is a public institution. Students who complete the public health program here go on to a median salary of roughly $82,890.

2

University Of Colorado Denver
Denver, CO

$72,076 Average Early-Career Salary

Strong graduate earnings at University Of Colorado Denver earned it the #2 place for public health. Located in the city of Denver, University Of Colorado Denver is a public institution. Students who complete the public health program here go on to a median salary of roughly $72,076.

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Fort Lewis College
Durango, CO

$37,498 Average Early-Career Salary

Fort Lewis College came in at #3 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying public health schools. Located in the town of Durango, Fort Lewis College is a public institution. Early-career public health graduates from Fort Lewis College make a median of around $37,498 per year.

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Notes and References

This ranking is produced by College Factual, 2026 edition. The methodology measures the salaries public health graduates go on to earn early in their careers, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).

Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.

*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.

• 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 our data about colleges.
• Graduate earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard) field-of-study earnings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.