2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health
401
Ranked Colleges
16,133
Degrees Awarded
$51,865
Avg Salary
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16,133 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major” ranking, we looked at 401 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.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree public health students.
Top 25 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Juan Bautista School of Medicine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. San Juan Bautista School of Medicine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Caguas, . The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%.
Read more about Public Health at San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morehouse School of Medicine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. MSM is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 masters’s public health degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Public Health at Morehouse School of Medicine
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Benedictine University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. Benedictine University is located in Lisle, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 321 masters’s public health degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%.
Read more about Public Health at Benedictine U
Out of the 401 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Everglades University landed the #4 spot on the list. Boca Raton, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public health degrees to 75 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Health at Everglades University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Touro University California. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. TUC is located in Vallejo, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 67 masters’s public health degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Public Health at TUC
With a ranking of #6, University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences is a small public school situated in San Juan, . It awarded 99 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 2 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Public Health at University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences
Ponce Health Sciences University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. Ponce Health Sciences University is a small private for-profit school situated in Ponce, . It awarded 22 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Health at PHSU
Eastern Virginia Medical School did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Norfolk, Virginia, this small public school awarded 60 degrees to qualified masters’s public health students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Eastern Virginia Medical School Public Health Report
West Coast University - Dallas landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking. West Coast University - Dallas is a private for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 41 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
Full West Coast University - Dallas Public Health Report
Montana Technological University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking. Butte, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public health degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
Full Montana Technological University Public Health Report
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public health degrees to 178 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Public Health at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. SUNY Downstate is a public institution located in Brooklyn, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 60 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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%. 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.
Full SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Public Health Report
Emory University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. Emory University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 431 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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 Emory University
A T Still University of Health Sciences did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking, coming in at #14. Kirksville, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public health degrees to 107 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about Public Health at A T Still University of Health Sciences
Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking. Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center is located in Des Moines, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 36 masters’s public health degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Public Health at Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine
With a ranking of #16, Azusa Pacific University College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. Azusa Pacific University College is a small school located in San Dimas, California that handed out 34 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Read more about Public Health at Azusa Pacific’s University College
With a ranking of #17, University of New England did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. This medium-sized school is located in Biddeford, Maine, and it awarded 114 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Public Health at University of New England
The Graduate Center, CUNY did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking, coming in at #18. The Graduate Center, CUNY is a medium-sized public school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 207 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
Read full report on Public Health at The Graduate Center, CUNY
With a ranking of #19, Oregon Health & Science University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. Oregon Health & Science University is a small public school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 74 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Public Health at OHSU
West Coast University - Orange County landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking. This small school is located in Anaheim, California, and it awarded 97 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
Full West Coast University - Orange County Public Health Report
With a ranking of #21, University of North Texas Health Science Center did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. This small school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 48 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full UNT Health Science Center Public Health Report
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking. CDU is a small school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 23 masters’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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Public Health at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science
With a ranking of #23, Radiological Technologies University VT did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major list. Radiological Technologies University VT is a private for-profit institution located in South Bend, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Radiological Technologies University VT Public Health Report
George Washington University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking. GWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 540 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Health at GWU
Meharry Medical College came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major ranking. Meharry Medical College is a small school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 17 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Read full report on Public Health at Meharry Medical College
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