by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Georgia” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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.
Across Georgia, there were 1,462 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,945 and $34,600 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 64 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,023 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Georgia” ranking analyzed 5 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Georgia” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia doctor’s degree public health students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgia Southern University is a large school located in Statesboro, Georgia that handed out 33 doctorate’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Georgia. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified doctorate’s public health students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Georgia list. UGA is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 14 doctorate’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Georgia list. Emory University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mercer University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Georgia. This medium-sized school is located in Macon, Georgia, and it awarded 107 doctorate’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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