by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 in Oklahoma” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Public Health is the 26th most popular major in the country with 40,596 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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.
Across Oklahoma, there were 312 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,851 and $23,958 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 230 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,150 and $25,612 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Oklahoma” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in public health. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public health.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Oklahoma”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Oklahoma”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Oklahoma that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 82 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Langston University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Oklahoma list. Langston, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Central University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Oklahoma list. East Central University is a small school located in Ada, Oklahoma that handed out 11 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Oklahoma list. University of Oklahoma is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 68 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Oklahoma that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern State University landed the #5 spot on the list. NSU is a medium-sized public school situated in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. It awarded 15 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Oklahoma list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 47 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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Southwestern Oklahoma State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Oklahoma ranking. This small school is located in Weatherford, Oklahoma, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
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