by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 5,221 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,919 and $29,308 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,348 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 75 colleges that offered a degree in public health. To top this list, a school must have a successful public health program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 “Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 75 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Wayne State is a public institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 266 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 203 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Health at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Kent State University at Kent is a large public school situated in Kent, Ohio. It awarded 203 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. IU Bloomington is a large school located in Bloomington, Indiana that handed out 193 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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 freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Public Health at Indiana University - Bloomington
Out of the 75 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #5 spot on the list. Indianapolis, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 108 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Public Health Report
Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this large public school awarded 98 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Ohio State University - Main Campus Public Health Report
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school awarded 86 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Health at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Miami University - Oxford ranked #8 on this year’s Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Miami University - Oxford is located in Oxford, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 80 bachelors’s public health degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, 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 88%.
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. This fairly large school is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and it awarded 74 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, 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 86%.
Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #10. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school awarded 71 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public health 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Public Health at Purdue University - Main Campus
University of Michigan - Dearborn did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 68 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #12, Northwestern University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Northwestern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 61 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, 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 97%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Governors State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #13. GSU is a public institution located in University Park, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #14, Northern Illinois University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Northern Illinois University is a fairly large public school situated in Dekalb, Illinois. It awarded 46 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this large public school awarded 44 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #16. University of Illinois at Chicago is a large public school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 40 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
Read more about Public Health at University of Illinois at Chicago
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #17. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Ohio, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Health at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
With a ranking of #18, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s public health degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Public Health at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Illinois State University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Normal, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Health at Illinois State University
Eastern Michigan University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Eastern Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan that handed out 27 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Central Michigan University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #20. This fairly large school is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
With a ranking of #22, Saginaw Valley State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in University Center, Michigan, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Public Health at Saginaw Valley State University
University of Indianapolis came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Indianapolis is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s public health degrees to qualified students.
Indiana University - Northwest did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #24. This small school is located in Gary, Indiana, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Wright State University - Main Campus landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Dayton, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Public Health at Wright State University - Main Campus
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