by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 40,596 people earned their degree in public health, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,158 and had an average of $27,396 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 19,511 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major” ranking analyzed 463 colleges that offered a degree in public health. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public health.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree public health students.
Out of the 463 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Bryant & Stratton College - Greece landed the #1 spot on the list. Bryant & Stratton College - Greece is a small school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 14 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Health at Bryant & Stratton College - Greece
Out of the 463 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Bryant & Stratton College - Syracuse North landed the #2 spot on the list. Bryant & Stratton College - Syracuse North is a small private for-profit school situated in Liverpool, New York. It awarded 18 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Health at Bryant & Stratton College - Syracuse North
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Ozarks. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. Clarksville, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Health at University of the Ozarks
Out of the 463 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Augustine’s University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Health at Saint Augustine’s University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilberforce University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. Wilberforce University is located in Wilberforce, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s public health degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Monroe College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. Bronx, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 214 students in 2020-2021.
Austin College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking. Austin College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sherman, Texas. It awarded 27 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking. Located in Houston, Texas, this small public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of South Carolina - Beaufort came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking. USCB is a small school located in Bluffton, South Carolina that handed out 32 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
University of California - Merced did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking, coming in at #10. UC Merced is a public institution located in Merced, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 162 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Hartwick College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking, coming in at #11. Hartwick is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Oneonta, New York. It awarded 13 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
South University, Austin landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking. Round Rock, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Health at South University, Austin
With a ranking of #13, Union College Nebraska did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. Union College Nebraska is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 16 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Dillard University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking, coming in at #14. Dillard University is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 13 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
University of North Carolina at Asheville came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking. Located in Asheville, North Carolina, this small public school awarded 51 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #16, Dine College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. Located in Tsaile, Arizona, this small public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #17, Agnes Scott College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. Agnes Scott is a small school located in Decatur, Georgia that handed out 15 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Xavier University of Louisiana landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.
Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. Baptist College of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Public Health at Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences
Mississippi University for Women came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking. This small school is located in Columbus, Mississippi, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
SUNY Old Westbury landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking. SUNY Old Westbury is a small public school situated in Old Westbury, New York. It awarded 68 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #22, College of Charleston did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. College of Charleston is located in Charleston, South Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 132 bachelors’s public health degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #23, Florida National University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. Florida National University - Main Campus is a small school located in Hialeah, Florida that handed out 50 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Public Health at Florida National University - Main Campus
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking. Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania is a public institution located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 120 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Public Health Report
South University, Columbia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking, coming in at #25. South University, Columbia is a private for-profit institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Public Health at South University, Columbia
Not only did these schools make the top 50 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
While not in the ‘top 50’, these schools make the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | East Carolina University | Greenville, NC |
| 52 | Chapman University | Orange, CA |
| 53 | St Catherine University | Saint Paul, MN |
| 54 | California State University - Northridge | Northridge, CA |
| 55 | Fort Lewis College | Durango, CO |
| 56 | Coastal Carolina University | Conway, SC |
| 57 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | San Antonio, TX |
| 58 | Northern Arizona University | Flagstaff, AZ |
| 59 | University of Maryland - College Park | College Park, MD |
| 60 | Carroll College | Helena, MT |
| 61 | Indiana University - Northwest | Gary, IN |
| 62 | University of Lynchburg | Lynchburg, VA |
| 63 | Rutgers University - New Brunswick | New Brunswick, NJ |
| 64 | Alvernia University | Reading, PA |
| 65 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst, MA |
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 66 | SUNY Potsdam | Potsdam, NY |
| 67 | University of North Carolina at Wilmington | Wilmington, NC |
| 68 | Elon University | Elon, NC |
| 69 | Nazareth College | Rochester, NY |
| 70 | Kent State University at Kent | Kent, OH |
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