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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in District of Columbia

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Public Health Major in District of Columbia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in District of Columbia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 District of Columbia, there were 833 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,445 and $23,536 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 588 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public health. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their public health program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree public health students.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in District of Columbia

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in District of Columbia list. GWU is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 540 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. 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 GWU

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Trinity Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s public health students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Public Health at Trinity College

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Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in District of Columbia list. Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s public health degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Howard University Public Health Report

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Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 23 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in District of Columbia list. CUA is a medium-sized school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 3 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Public Health at CUA

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American University
Washington, District of Columbia

American University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in District of Columbia ranking. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public health degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national 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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